A better solution, in my opinion, is not to rely on wholesalers,  as not only is it a dying breed due to the sheer incompetence they exhibit due to gurus' wrong instructions and teachings, but, wouldn't it be better to generate your own leads through a high performing website?

It depends on your goals, I would say outsource the management & hold the asset as nobody has regretted owning real estate on a long term basis. 

In additional to conducting educational workshops, I also write blogposts for their websites.

This is from the State of Florida's website and here's the answer to the op's question.

What websites do you suggest to get good information?

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Check out the website. 

The book is already available on the website but I did not know that at the time! 

I usually print out the market rent provided by Zillow and a few other websites. 

North Canton is a mess right now, they outsourced their building department and went way off the deep end with controls and penalties.