Your value is, to provide sellers that don't want to list, with a way to get cash for their house and provide buyers with discounted off-market properties they can buy to make a profit on.I am not saying it is not possible to wholesale from the MLS, but it seriously defeats the purpose.Focus on becoming the person/company that offers the most and best value and you will succeed.

Then the person is soured on gambling on real estate and not around here to answer questions. 

I enjoy hearing about peoples’ personal wins and innovative, creative strategies.  

Work with your commercial lender/insurer/lawyer/personal banker and see if they know of any interested parties.4. 

“ cash flow returns” almost always compare horribly to a simple bank CD after you deduct for insurance, prop taxes< vacancy, capex, prop management (or your personal time.) etc etc etc. 

And then you can use that information to start to develop your own personal due diligence method: Crowdstreet.com, 1031 Crowdfunding, Akr7, Finresi etc.

We used $100k of private money and the rest was personal cash.

I found this one https://www.titlesearchcourse.com/faq/ its 69$ and the person who created it also has a youtube and specializes in tax foreclosure properties which is what i do.

I've seen landlords live in blissful ignorance for 5-10 years due to dumb luck, then their world comes crashing down and they lose everything.I have a book, there are some in the BP bookstore, or you can check out one of my personal favorites, Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO.

I personally have had amazing success with properties which are between 2 and 12 units, which most people would call “small multi-family.”