Because the chances of successfully concluding a wholesale transaction when you lack experience, knowledge and capital are so infinitesimally small that you’d be better off playing the lottery.  

It could take years of sacrifice and saving to get into this game and most people don't want to wait that long.  

Hey community,
I am looking into investing in my home town of Cincinnati.  I am currently trying to break my analysis paralysis.  Besides reading and listening to podcasts, my wife and I attend a local real estate in...

Or explore a 40B lottery condo purchase and look into house-hacking.

I just was on BP's Real Estate Rookie podcast and talked about the small and mighty game plan. 

Like 90 percent of lottery winners are broke in less than five years because of thinking like this. 

Under the Christmas you won the lottery yesterday

I am new to the real estate game.

This is why so many people earn large sums of money quickly (lottery, sports, entertainment, etc.) and end up broke.Take Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.

Thanks tons and if this question sounds very immature, i'd say 'that's about right' given how new to this game we are.Thanks again!