Given that the rates are heading higher it would be even more tougher for the tenants to qualify for a loan and buy.

The other thing I gleaned from this is its highly regionalized.. areas of older stock HIGH % of rentals wholesaling was much more viable.. areas of stability and owner occ and no boarded up homes much tougher. 

Commercial heloc on rental property is tougher to get plus as more property u have the more reserve is required, the snow ball effect becomes tiny ball.

You can tell who is going to be a handful and who will be easy to work with based on how they communicate during the initial screening & showing.Every Class A tenant we’ve had initial doubts about for personality/credit related issues, inevitably made for a tougher year - even if they always paid (which is still the end goal).

Im very sure invest in California is getting tougher and tougher as well and thats why your choosing to invest in other states......your honestly making a great choice, because if I lived out there I would do the same. 

Texas in general is a tougher market now due to the popularity of wholesaling and the prices people are paying and charging for wholesale deals.

Might be tougher to blame them for watching this if it got stopped up with leaves that were not their fault.Now if they stuffed a rag in the drain (in the lease or not) I would think they would be negligent and be responsible for this repair.Might be best to make this as idiot proof as humanly possible to prevent or minimize issues with this.Maybe also setup an inspection in the fall after leaves have fallen to check this specifically along with rest of property.

With option #1, I feel like you're already asking someone to bring $500k to the table which would make it tougher to tack on a finder's fee. 

Trying to be a one off wholesaler without means I could not think of a tougher thing and a bigger waste of someone's time. 

Typically, the better the Rent/price ratio, the tougher the neighborhood.When I bought my first owner-occupied duplex, we went for a great neighborhood and the other tenant paid roughly 60% PITI.