After two decades in real estate investing, I'll give you the unvarnished truth about building wealth through property.First, forget the TV hype about overnight riches.

We told her 4 things:   (The tenants were all relatively close and respectful to one another)"RUBS  isn't unlike Cable TV....

You don't need to spend endless money on the national courses which never give you a result and never teach you anything you can actually apply.As a general rule, if you find a class or group promoted in your social feeds, or on TV, etc., you want to stay away from those. 

But, it get's lost all the time, in all the Guru-messaging pressing people to go ballz-out.

South Memphis is a target for industrial plants and its residents have increased cancer risks as a result (https://www.southernenvironment.org/press-release/sterilizat...).

I don't have any pressing need, i am not desperate, I have absolutely no interest in forcing or begging you to do anything.

That is an exceptionally rare position for one to hold when seeking to "hack" pressing leverage limiters. 

So to answer your most pressing question, yes wholesaling is legal in NY.

I did this exact thing last time a tenant asked to install a TV mount on the wall of a bedroom.

By offering a BETTER value proposition at a lower than average price a tenant is VERY hard pressed to have a motivation to move and to be able to find a comparable property for similar rent.