If you go online, you can see countless testimonials of this guy being called a scammer/fraudster.

Not to say that many people don't make money this way, but they've done countless deals and have systems in place to fall back on.

One thing I know for sure is true, when you have something of value people with money come running cause the last thing rich people wanna see is the common guy hold onto a good thing.If you add zero value, meaning no cash, no pipeline, no teams set-up, no expertise through experience, no lender relationships - nothing then I don't care what book you read on raising capital.It's pretty simple, if you do not have money to invest yourself then get yourself educated in the process, build lender connections, start building pipelines into markets, learn skip tracing and sign up for one of the platforms that offer it (they are not free) but you'll get to search databases upon databases using countless filters for properties anywhere in the US - these are properties that are not for sale and you can directly contact the owner and develop wholesale leads. 

From there we get a countless swarm of people who chime in with the same story and everyone talks about how busy contractors are. 

I've had countless realtors send me properties as deals that are far from profitable which is exactly why I asked you to put down the address.

I'll go ahead and jump on the @J Scott bandwagon for countless reasons.

I have done more than a thousand, move in and outs and countless reno/repairs in  Cleveland.

There are a lot of companies around the nation that source property, demographic, bankruptcy, foreclosure and other data, like The Warren Group, LPS/Black Knight, Experian, Equifax, Axciom, First American, and COUNTLESS others including many smaller regional specialists that have built specific areas of expertise, and which offer great services at various price points, and with various areas of focus.Do companies buy from each other rather than do it all themselves when it is cost effective, and the data is usable - you bet.

Thanks to all the hard work that @Joshua Dorkin  has done over the years building this incredible site, there's been countless numbers of people that have been lifted up, profited, and educated.

@Barton Wallace Been doing it for at least 10 years, countless deals, not a single one.Joe V