This isn't a shameless plug for my site, I just don't want to attempt to explain the deal as some of the finer points are sure to have slipped from my mental grasp by now.

As you can imagine, it bummed me out about wholesaling and the people that practiced it once I grasped what was going on. 

That way you will have a better grasp on repair costs, and you will have a better understanding of what a rehabber is willing to pay for your wholesale deal.

Over the past few years I've been getting a grasp on stocks and mutual funds, but feel like rental properties would be more my style of investing if I were given the option.

It merely requires you give us 60 days notice.I have requested a copy of my Account Agreement so I can review those provisions to be sure that I would be able to re-title my real estate assets without the signature of Pensco as they represent.I recommend that all of us 401k solo / IRA investors do the same - we must demand Account Agreements that allow us to transfer our Assets with title companies WITHOUT the signature of the defunct or disfunctional Custodian/Trustee/Administrator and.ir WITHOUT the grasping/greedy Receiver's signature being required.  

I have read books, studied courses and I feel like I have a strong grasp of the process.

You seem to have a good grasp of what to do.  

Financing is the key to the door of real estate.Then you're ready to hit the streets and not before you have a grasp of such material.

Brunswick/Topsham down I295 to Portland has really strong demand, Waterville, Augusta, Lewiston can easily have 12-15% vacancy rates, Bath seems to have a lot of foreclosures and vacancies which I don't full grasp bc BIW is doing well.  3.

If you're familiar with your area, have a reasonable grasp of rehab estimating and ARVs, you should be able to look at the list price, the pictures and the public comments and get a reasonable idea of whether a property is worth looking at.