AND to buttress that argument...large institutional players and HNW individuals w/ access to capital above what my savings acct will every show don't do unlevered deals.Good posts and thoughts above. 

The reality is that the more connected the players are, the more money they make and the less you know.

My thoughts are on the difficulties of finding boots on the ground and out of state contractors among other key players when it comes to out of state REI.

Watch out for adults renting for their kid's youth group and the actual renter is not even there, just unsupervised 17 year old football players and cheerleaders.One thing to consider in buying a house is emergency response. 

If I can't find reviews, and a lot of them that are in favor of a company, I'm not a player.

They possess an in-depth knowledge of their target market and have cultivated strong relationships with brokers and other key players in the industry.

The panic of all this only highlights how many VERY novice players we have in this industry, and that is the real fearful item. 

As a national brokerage they also don't have many key relationships with smaller regional players.4.

You need to have consistent inventory and be a serious player to pull #1 off, assuming you are in a competitive market.

I think is about relationships, after you reach out to all the wholesalers in your area in all the diverse ways possible and exposing yourself as an end-buyer on platforms like Facebook, you then start to vet out all these wholesalers and with time you'll see who the real players are and who the daisy-chainers are