I would love to hear people's more recent thoughts as well.

There are thousands of people on here who will give their opinions about different parts of the process, don't be afraid to ask for help! 

Hi I'm gege new to the site starting the Wholesale investment and need help finding seller, where should I brand myself is there an email pitch or a call pitch I can send to seller, like people in foreclosure, or bankruptcy, or late payment and where will I get the ARV, Repair Value, Offer The price that you need to get it under contract for and  where do I get the contract form and if I get a seller and a buyer how do I get a legal person to handle all the paper work for closing.

A well connected agent can also tap into their network.. for instance, probate attorneys might know of people seeking short-term solutions.

The people that run these companies usually come from an "investment banking", real estate, or construction background.

If times get financially difficult will people stop eating or will they stop going to the doctor (unless its an emergency)?

Also, people who are motivated to sell quickly may find there are buyers who want to buy quickly, and at a discount.  

People are looking to live smaller or some are being forced to live smaller, hence the insane growth in apartments and storages.

Just had a quarterly Bank advisory meeting for small towns and areas  All technical people are Harding to get.  

Unless maybe that is counting people's $1M residences. or average price of homes in Austrialis is probably 1 mil or more. at least in the big cities