Just ignore them.No one can deny how pointless it is to be on a wholesaling forum—designed to teach, educate, encourage, and support you—only to respond to a genuine cry for help with negativity or by telling someone to give up.

I don't mean to cause offense - this is me just asking a genuine question.

Having said that, another BiggerPockets member has discovered some new information that I find to be incredibly important information.

Note, if there are things discovered that put you over budget and the seller won't negotiate, be comfortable in backing out of a deal even if you lose your earnest money. 

I agree that some of his tools do add value and after watching countless videos of him promoting his $10K program, I REALLY thought that he was an honest person, that genuinely just wanted to help people get out there and get in the game!

But I genuinely believe that if you’re just getting started, house hacking is the better option.

Excited to discover more and get to know you all.

As a real estate agent working in the investment space, I’m always looking to fine-tune my approach and discover new ways to find potential deals, whether it's off-market properties, distressed assets, or any other lead sources.Some questions I’m thinking about:What CRM tools have you found the most helpful?

Hey Mike, good discussion and good that you have some clear expectations going in.As others have mentioned, since you'll be living there, it can be better to start with a subset of cities that you'll genuinely enjoy living in, then work backwards into data and metrics from there.For the cities you mentioned, here's a visualization of current rent-to-price ratios.

When I had a secondary structure demolished a few years ago, I did discover the lot was zoned that I could rebuild another multi-family building on the lot if I wanted to.