@Jonathan GreeneI think there's a tremendous opportunity for wholetailing right now.  

Start building your network meanwhile by Meetups for Real Estate and also  Facebook Groups for Real Estate in your areaMaybe you can get into a Joint Venture with some one and that can escalate the time to buy  a property

We've seen a tremendous uptick in interest for secondary lien positions HELOC's and fixed second mortgages but many for loan amounts above the new second mortgage pilot program maximum.

That has helped tremendously over the years as I built up the seed capital to get rolling. 

They don't cost a lot of money and they add tremendous value!

In this case there is tremendous "damage" to walls beyond wear and tear.

but there is such tremendous demand by investors that if they see something that's been cleaned up, they will all pounce.hope this helps

The ones who specialize in property management know and understand how the landlord business should be operated and how to draft a lease that helps you tremendously as a landlord.

And banks won't provide mortgages for them either.And they have a tremendous drug problem and landlords bore the brunt of it.

Who knows, it could be a tremendous win.