Hope some of this helps.Let's connect,Diedrick Z. 

The poor buyer can't get any money back@Jeff Z - I said it.

The A through Z of wholesaling (marketing, negotiating, contracting, finding buyers etc).

This is where you will spend most of your time; doing research to find your markets.Once you find your markets, get with a local real estate agent and ask them to search for properties that meet your criteria: X bedrooms, Y bathrooms, Z,ZZZ square feet with a maximum price of AAA,AAA in areas that have an average monthly rental rate of BBB.As your agent feeds you properties, you feed them into your analysis file to see which ones meet all of your investment criteria.Start making offers on those that meet your investment criteria.Remember to constantly tweak your model based on your experience. 

in Kansas City contact an agent named Jennifer Rios.They have a brokerage that will take you from A to Z to complete a profitable deal that will get you started 

Hi Perry Z. does some buy and hold investing in some of here areas.  

A property may have the potential to have its value forced up to a certain price by doing X, Y and Z to it, but its not worth that higher price in it's current condition.

They were in excellent condition and still look great.The sleeper sofa is a La-Z-Boy.

Because if you are having trouble getting started, don't know where to turn, then being a bird-dog and learning FOR FREE form someone MAY be your best bet.2)You should be swamped with enough cashbuyers/wholesalers to learn the business for FREE3)Work with someone that will walk you through how they go from A-Z.

I only know it did work for us once.Jeff Z- I don't know why people tell new investors not to try short sales.