I would recommend before you start wholesaling understand what is entailed. 

Almost done with it and then I'm going to get 'The Book on Managing Rental Property' to get an idea of what that actually entails.

My siblings asserted their preferences and I was obliged to acquiesce to their wishes.

I also can't back up his assertions with data, but doesn't what he said above make sense to you as a "consumer"?"

You wrote assertively as if you have a lot of successful experience, yet you don’t share any of that experience with us.

In a multifamily property, this entails occupying one apartment while renting out the others.

I want to get my hands in the game to understand better what real estate investing entails.

wow, just wowI spent 5+ hours reading every post in this thread and re-reading some.Found this thread after finding similar squater ocupied house in Los Angeles that the elderly owner wants to sell.Thank you so much Will, now I know what it might entail, and would plan accordingly.Unlike Game of Thrones Will had somewhat happy ending, and nobody got killed because he is so nice =)

In order to establish a win-win situation, these tactics frequently entail negotiating conditions with the seller.Renting out the other units in a multifamily property while residing in one apartment is known as "house hacking."

@Bryan Grigalonis how much effort did this entail?