My first property was a fail due to an expensive rehab and margins that are way too slim.

However, the multifamily market is somewhat slim pickings in Portland, OR right now.

Deja,I don't think that being young and female are a detriment to wholesaling, but not having the knowledge is...The chances that someone else is going to let you shadow them is slim, being that you will eventually be their competitor...The trick is finding the deals... that is going to be very difficult now.

I know this sounds like a slim chance, but when I've told this story to others, I've heard of it happening a lot.

I 100% agree with Trent, deals are slim and there are a lot of investors looking for them. 

This means that finding a "good deal" or a discounted property on the MLS is very slim.

This will be interesting to watch as Opendoor (just from running across their listings) usually pays like 95% ARV and hope their fees make up for the slim margins.

Wholesale deals are hard to come by here in Utah and the number of distressed properties to the number of investors is very low, so your margins and number of deals would be pretty slim.

Great thread, another strategy to consider is broadening your search criteria when the lickings are slim.

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