With wholesaling, marketing budget is key, but also persistance and having the tools/resources to do it well. 

There are too many D/D items to go into here but you can always start with the Texas Real Estate Commission website and search for prior actions taken by TREC against your current or future brokerage.

It tends to be a challenge, at least for me, searching for individual insurance companies in those situations. 

I agree with @Nathan Gesner & @Caleb Brown, let your job help fund your first deal while perhaps searching for a more fulfilling position elsewhere.1.

Regarding liens and title searches...I think there are private companies you can hire to check title.What state and city are you buying in? 

My mindset has just shifted from using real estate as a wealth building tool to a wealth maintaining tool. 

I am in search of asset protection attorney and heard lot about Anderson Advisors & RLS ?

Try taking a look at the economic council's tools of the city you are looking to invest in for additional information.

@Tina L King yes if you search this forum you will see many posts explaining how they did Joint ventures and equity deals

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