I can't say I have seen a single person go directly into wholesaling full time, it is usually a transition that occurs after they have some experience and have fine turned their systems and built a solid reputation among local investors.

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They give us others a bad reputation.

You will build relationships, nurture them, and stay involved -- and that's especially true with your property (i.e. asset) manager.I will add one more consideration for you to this thread, and that is reputation.

I don't think Craiglist is the best idea, because there are some scamers out there, but I do want to let as many local reputable people out there know I'm willing to lend my money @ the right return.

My reputation will suffer.From what I later learned, this young couple got into an argument that got heated.

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--run from the browser/web and require no download) to help with managing income, expenses, and taxes.

There's info on this all over the web.

I live in Los Angeles and the numbers just don't make sense here for cash flow to me.Some technologies/resources I use when evaluating some property are City-Data, Trulia, Zillow, Google Street View (to drive the town), City Tax Assessors web site, Realquest, Angie's List (a must!)