For every reason you can find, pro or con to do a deal, there will always be as many to make the opposite argument.Better to take a bird in the hand if it fits your investment strategy.Jeff

I am finding my way down the bird dogging path to start, and I was wondering: Aside from all of the useful content that BP provides to us, are there any books that you guys found extremely helpful in your learning of the real estate business?

@Andrew Challenger I agree with @Victoria Winters it sounds like you need to get a clearer picture of how wholesaling works.That Tom Krol guy I mentioned earlier (sorry Tom, I misspelled your last name in my previous post) has a "Bird Dog" academy online here: http://www.floridabirddogs.com/index.htmlThe site is intended for "bird dogs" (property scouts) but gives a nice 14,000 ft. view of what it is to be a wholesaler.

From your post, it read as if you are talking about being a "bird dog" for other Wholesalers, in which case, what Ned said again regarding such arrangements.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  

[I would take that EXPECTED rent return figure with a grain of salt - also needing due diligence].Once you find their real price point, have a good look at the property yourself (and with your Agent if you like the arrangement you have with them - I feel a good Buyers Agent would not charge you for the service of occasionally accompanying you for a viewing) and THEN decide if an inspection Fee is worthwhile.

I am looking to get started as a wholesaler or a bird dog to gain experience.

I also have been considering placing post its on homes that say 'Google "my biz name"' to drive people there and create brand recognition-even if they aren't sellers, they might be and they might be bird-dogs for cash finders fees...  

I am looking to possibly get started as a wholesaler or a bird dog to gain experience.

@CrystalSmithI love that diversity, 2 birds.