There appears to be no shortage of these on the market, so if I can meet these criterion over and over again, what do you guys do to narrow down the field and find the BEST deal possible?

Personally, I would never invest in a place I didn't even visit and also meet/interview the people who would be involved (agent, manager, contractor, etc.)

He said he wanted to meet in person first.

BP is a great place to connect and meet real estate investors and professionals.

This will hopefully be a monthly meeting of high vibe RE investor folks to learn from each other and have community, everyone is welcome.

Meeting some people tonight there to create a scope of work and do some additional discovery.

Disruption for the kids to move, but If they can't make ends meet, they should get to a cheaper situation as soon as they can.

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Also, if the role is purely commission-based, would I need to maintain a parallel career to make ends meet?

I would recommend looking into local real estate meet-ups and networking with investors to get yourself on wholesalers email lists when they send out their deals.Hope this helps!