The best place to start is to pin point the exact area/city where you would like to purchase a property.

I can keep going, but that will all depend on each answer.Let us jump to your comment about your spreadsheet calculator, as I mentioned market could be completely different depending on where you live in, fo this you have to look at what you want to focus on "appreciation" or "cash-flow", there is a balance between them when one increase the other drecrease, and that will always depend on the market, neighborhood and cities where you are planning to invest.Finishing with your comment about wholesaling, please don't look at it until you fully move-in, wholesaling is another beast that is managed different and requires a lot of partnership, relationship and local knowledge.Let me know if I can be helpful in anything else. 

Would it be a good idea to create an LLC, let's call it "2500 Oak Street LLC" (fictitious new address) then list the new LLC as the owner of the home?

It's a hobby for maybe 80% of the people who say they are wholesalers, and maybe 10% of the wholesalers in SA or any big city actually have a business. 

JimGo to the city’s assessor’s website and look up the property record.  

In a city like Chicago, industrial properties are like ocean front properties.  

A cost segregation study was performed on this single family home in Iowa City, Iowa with a depreciable cost basis of $649,900.

@Muriel Hair here's some articles about Detroit increasing over 20% in 2024...https://detroitmi.gov/news/detroit-home-values-increased-ave...https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/detroit-home-prices-amo...https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/20...

Then post something in the group saying "I am an investor looking to buy properties in (insert specific cities)."

Quote from @Braeden Warg: The right way to do it is to contact the city and ask them.