For your market, I would perhaps suggest waiting a little bit to see how things pan out. 

@James Ritter   its a west coast history item.. but think of the gold rush's in the mid 1800's in CA and other western states.. who made the money.. it was not the miners it was those that supplied the pots and pans... :)And it think whats happening is a trend .. one you have so Much information on TV about getting rich in RE.. you have this phenom called BP with its 350k readers and the next thing you know you have all sorts of folks who think RE is the way to get rich easily and quickly and then they start reading ..

I haven't gotten any good leads, just a couple of calls but nothing is panning out yet.

Only thing is property is in a rough area, like, the inner, inner city, and while I would never buy property there, I'm sure there are investors who do, so I'm hoping this pans out into a small check on a first deal. 

If I don't find a better way, I'm going to take my returned letters and trash them (I'm just too ADD) - but I know there's gold in these, just need to be patient and pan for it!

@Frank Iglesias  and the marketing companies that sell all these newbies the materials to try to get into wholesale love it.. remember its was the one's who sold the pots and pans to the gold miners that made the millions...

He went on to say he could tell me how to do the job, how long it would take and the materials that were needed, but when it came time to using his tin snips to construct a metal framed wall or core drill through a cement floor, it just wasn't his forte.  

That is what I care about, and I'm positioned conservatively enough to practically guarantee that I can make it there and still do well even if my predictions don't pan out.

I'm bidding on a Hubzu property now and very curious how your deal pans out.

Hopefully something pans out.