Quote from @Adam Macias: Wholesaling as it is today will be a thing of the past.It’ll truly be strange to even hear people and gurus trying to make big money off it.The more people try wholesaling but then end up not having an end buyer or cancelling contracts or trying weird things like novations, the more all of real estate will be regulated and cause requirements like licensing to be able to transact more than just your personal resident purchase.Which I don't know why hasn't happened sooner.Here's all the states (in red or yellow) requiring a license to wholesale or at least have started the process:Credit: REITipsterI think licensing and regulation is a beautiful thing that should happen if you plan to be an wholesaler and do more than one deal... which is going to be the case for anyone taking this business seriously.Or even it being regulated to need a real estate agent to do more than one deal outside of buying a personal residence.I've had plenty of failed attempts with agents in pursuit of wholesale deals and I know exactly why, it's not because the agent couldn't find me deals, it's just not practical to think there's opportunity for the numbers a wholesaler needs to make a profit on top of everyone else needing to these days.Because the only sellers who truly can sell at a deep enough discount are usually those who ran out of time and just didn't do something sooner with their situation.I know many coaches and gurus will disagree with me but there’s no regulations on youtube gurus and what they teach either.If we look at the current state of the market in hot cities, the availability of online resources to the average homeowner, how many deals can you possibly believe are available at 70% of ARV?

I was wondering if most wholesalers have stopped using direct mail and just moved to google/facebook to find deals?

Their main sales pitch is that they will teach you how to make more money by charging your investors double the industry average acquisition fee.  

I would just be careful hopping back in now as interest rates and low inventory are making it very difficult if you aren't finding your own off-market options to buy.

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With its booming housing market, the Phoenix real estate scene has emerged as a hot zone for fix-and-flip investors.

Also in my experience it was a waste of time to send letters or any kind of marketing.

By far your best bet are cheaper markets.

All this is why, I believe, it's a rare thing in the REI industry. 

Quote from @Hemed Tov: I would really get with someone in that market that can dig in see what is going on with the market (comps), and also maybe the rehab was not as good of a job of what the market is yielding at 300K property.