Also, I'm not sure I would have chosen the same finishes that you did for the house, especially the high gloss flooring and the accent walls.

This is my chosen strategy so any feedback will help.

Many have chosen to use them for family businesses.Tom C.

Maybe it was chosen for it being less likely to mold than drywall.

Im sure you aware that your chosen area is very competitive based on the demand for your location.

Contrast this with basically vetting a syndicator or using a syndicator of syndicators that choose the syndications for a portion of the return and can exert much more effort and capital vetting the chosen syndications.  

. :) What part of NJ do you invest in and why have you chosen that area?

I live in Northeast Philly and I haven't chosen a specific neighborhood to market for wholesale deals.

I have already chosen a career and am employed at an oil refinery in Philadelphia.

in your chosen area, if you're in-person, you can go to REIA meetings and network, look at as many properties as you like in-person, meet other investors, meet agents, meet property managers, talk to contractors, make offers, get feedback, etc.it is not possible right now to push Internet button, buy random property in a place you've never been, hire random people you have never met, and get the best outcome.