If the offer price is too good to be true you may be dealing with an inexperienced wholesaler who doesn't know the market. 

The staff doesn't know what's going on, mostly inexperienced. 

@Byoung Bae would NOT recommend an inexperienced investor try to DIY manage OOS anything other than a Class A rental.The odds are against you and you will statistically lose a LOT of money.Read below for some friendly advice:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?

Here’s the link https://www.curbed.com/2019/9/10/20852849/millennial-buy-a-home-homeownership-remoteIf what they say is true, it seems that there are too many naive and inexperienced newbies like myself overpaying for the properties listed on Roofstock, while being unaware of the depth of the water.

And investing into a correction with no information about where the bottom is, well let’s just say it’s not my cup of tea

Many are inexperienced or are groups comprised of individuals without a successful financial track record, which creates much higher execution and fraud risk. 

Are there any local meet ups or websites on where to find more people who have a moderate level of experience meaning they are  somewhat experienced but still looking to collaborate and network with more inexperienced investors like myself.

While I didn't love the 30% cut they took, I was happy to have it in experienced hands (and a lot of what they did, advised, etc. was on-track with what I had researched, discovered here and on other STR forums).

Hi Treza,Not sure where you are in the process there, but when your ready to exercise financing options please reach out, it's very difficult to find a ground up program for inexperienced borrowers without having an experienced GC sign on the loan with you which in turn is not easy to find. 

I wholeheartedly agree there are a lot of (too many) "gurus" hocking seminars and workshops and taking advantage of inexperienced, aspiring investors so they can sell more seminars and workshops and swindle more people.