The smell was incredible.

Sounds incredibly lopsided. 

Finally, there are other financial reasons to buy real estate beyond cash flow, such as appreciation and depreciation, but putting those aside right now, if your primary motivation is to take your $100k and turn it into cash flow, I would strongly consider private lending in the current market. 

Remember, every expert was once a beginner, and the real estate community here is incredibly supportive and knowledgeable.Looking forward to seeing where your wholesaling journey takes you, and I’m here if you need a sounding board or just want to bounce around ideas.

You might have wonderful memories of grandma’s house and know it’s incredibly safe based on fond memories of playing cops and robbers with your friends at night, but guests have their own point of view.

I'm reading that section 8 tenants would be less motivated to do that because they want to keep getting their rent subsidized.

I wouldn't equate the north philadelphia investment as being better...but many on these forums would because they are hyper focused on return of capital which in my oppinion is incredibly flawed.

@Dan Gandee thanks for your insight and motivation!

(Prior to graduating college and getting a full time job, I was an incredibly social person, so this was a huge change of mindset to sacrifice the way I did).And on the other end, my brother decided to start his own business while I was working and did not work hard as he spent money like crazy and eventually went bankrupt (filed 1 year ago) .

The cost of the marketing to find the motivated seller?