@Heather Baileywhy not pick a market within a couple hours? 

Your builder's risk  insurance picks it up from there. 

I have a potential wholesale deal out in Colorado Springs and it'll be my first one, so I'm looking to pick someone's brain who has done a wholesale deal in Colorado before, what title company you've used and trust, and any potential buyers! 

Living in Iowa how could we pick our own papaya?

Now understand, I am not picking on you, I am simply explaining the process you are going  into.

You will also learn more by picking up a few books under $150. 

In my area (near the beach) its mostly families and they want cabanas, baby items, chairs, coolers etc that we do not provide but I have a local vendor that delivers and picks up these items and charges a few dollars per day for each item, and give me a 20% referral. 

We gave him 56k in deposits and he will not even pick up his phone or engage in a conversation.

You can pick their brain and they will mentor you for free.

Pick the amount of income you want real estate to provide you, and buy the amount of units you'd need, such that if they were paid off, you'd hit your goal.