The IRS generally does not allow you to deduct expenses for a property that has not been placed into service, as deductions typically apply to operational properties actively being used to produce income.

I spent a decade in advertising, before founding and running a custom wood shop for another decade, so 'm pretty good at the self-promotion.I agree with you that the more gorilla approach would be most effective and that's actually what i've been doing – calling RE agents in my service area with active listings, introducing myself to property managers and leasing agents...To answer your question, I will have to handle the work myself for 6-12 months to build out the SOPs and field service management systems, but I have a lot of relationships for those looking to "do the work".I'll check out the meet up and would love to grab a cup of coffee, I'll shoot you an email.

that doesn't mean their role is to find something wrong with every deal. 

I keep coming across posters asking for advice on how to “scale” their investment or business activities.  

SO much of the program has to be executed, one by one by one, so I have to touch the same prospect/lead 3-4 more additional times to get it moved from list stacking, over to an active lead, and then into the dialer, and then into a drip campaign.

well as I posted last week Oregon is now going to require wholesalers to be licensed they have carved out a special license for this activity.. those wishing to continue to wholesale will need to do full criminal and get a bond.. some will not qualify as they have bad backgrounds or crappy credit.

I'm originally from BR and am fairly active there. we see a lot of inventory so also happy to chat offline about this

We had to make sure we sidestepped them and only added information to the correctly entered, active applications.

Good luck finding someone who wants to take on that role.

Just being active and visible in the areas you want to buy in can work wonders.