They try to sell a "shortcut" a "secret" when the only shortcut is that there is none, it takes work.Here are my three characteristics that are essential to being successful:1.

I resonate with your commitment to providing the quality that YOU want as a characteristic of your portfolio. 

Very similar to the home office option.When the property is sold it will retain those characteristics. 

@Chris Mackey the breakdown to the industries is on the "Selected Economics Characteristics" tab on the Census.gov FactFinder.For the top employers, you should be able to Google "City Name + Top Employers" and find a list. 

I am new and looking into this fascinating way of investing, hoping those of you more experienced can provide the characteristics and advantages of a skilled wholesaler you have worked with, to help me out.

It seems come sense to me for marketability but I'm just wondering if you've had properties outside of these characteristics that have given you trouble!  

To find a place, start walking the neighborhoods, notice the characteristics.

He asked me to remove the no trespassing signs the bank put up, since its now no longer bank owned, he can actually tell someone that cares that its unsightly.

Do you think that this city will be a "bubble" (That whatever progress I make building an investor group and learning brokerage and PM will not translate to a bigger city because of this cities unique RE characteristics)?

What characteristics are usually associated with these various neighborhoods / zip codes that make them magnets for cash deals?