I can see why wholesaling is so prevalent in low value asset category who is going to do all this for 1k commish on a 30k ghetto dog.

They are cheap, and will get cheaper in coming recession, as tourism to Vegas will decline, and they have superior growth and great management, that know what they are actually doingADC -(Agree Realty), they do what I do privately, but on a bigger scale, run by Joey Agree , very smart, they have excellent growth, multi-tenant, triple net retail, and grocery anchored Retail, they will benefit from massive secular tailwinds, as there has been under construction in retail for years, due to fear of E-commerce, higher construction costs/insurance costs, post GFC under financing-construction, etc, so existing inventory is commanding higher rents, we are bumping new leases by 7-11%, they will get this endogenous earnings growth for yearsthese should perform well over next 10 years, never buy anything in Real Estate for less than 10 years, to allow to go through cycles, and if you can buy in 401k/IRA so dividends can be re-invested tax freegood luck, you have to monitor your E-REITS like you would any other stock, closely, as they move with sentiment not just on NAV like private Real estate, so you can't just dose em w 200mg of propofol and walk away, not that you'd ever do that :)good luck

"The Crash" has been feared for 2 years & it hasn't happened.

Sometimes I fear for their safety =DIt turns out that what I really wanted wasn't to be a land developer... at least not yet.

I should've known better with bull-ish summer always being a thing, but I thought if we dared skip a March cut there'd be more fear in the market.

Well I’ve kept the rent rate on the low end, not a great investment strategy on my part but fear of vacancies had me under thumb.

If I was starting out today I imagine it would be much worse, the result of (mis)information that is so prevalent and readily available on social media. 

Since your not on site my fear is the risk in finding the right people that will be honest with you.  

Do people usually keep info about the sale from the bank for fear that they will call the loan?

Don't let fear prevent you from moving forward.