Wholesaling is one of the most challenging ways to start your carrier in real estate; over 90% fail within the first year. 

But the prices have increased so much that I fail to see such opportunities.

They tend to rely solely on property managers and fail to effectively oversee the management of the property.

If all else fails, I think the seller should be able to hire a lawyer to do a quiet title action to resolve the issue.

Wood has a huge variability in strength--between pine varieties, the stress which can cause them to fail varies by more than 2x and you can see 20%+ increase in strength as it ages.Then I have stress concentrations which will yield and then redistribute the load in practice, but not according to the calculations I'm allowed to do. 

I know I put the work in already to get to this point, and though I've had the confidence or the manifestation knowing all along I could do it without a doubt, it still shocks me at times that I was able to do it by myself with zero guidance and just intuition and a cant fail attitude!

You fail to pay off the loan in 30 days and they start a foreclosure proceeding which destroys the previous owner's credit10.

If you fail to follow the rules, you may open your personal assets to a lawsuit.

However, if you have the time and prefer to source properties on your own, I would highly recommend the following strategies:Connect with probate attorneysVisit property auctions: These happen monthly and, surprisingly, aren’t saturated with investors.Cold callingTarget LLC owned properties: Over the years we have seen an influx of companies purchasing SF for rentals/long-term holds and they failed to account for property taxes and an increase in new construction coming to the market.

(This is in addition to all the standard stuff you will read and/or that your broker is telling you. 80% of agents fail in their first two years, I'm sure there is a correlation between the other 20% & 70 hour work weeks early on.)