Wholesaling is very hard and not for weak minded people, it looks like you have a lot of determination.

This is often a weak point for new investors.

Maybe their marketing plan is weak and gets your property less exposure resulting in less buyers seeing it, resulting is less demand, resulting is less money for you.

---------------------------------------------------I agree with finding safe neighborhoods near the L, brian, but you have a chronic case of "northsiderism" and are missing the whole southwest side opportunity.

OK maybe that was weak but I couldn't resist.

Migration numbers are kind of weak to follow but you can look at moving companies and uhaul rentals.

I think too many times investors are looking at the potential yield more than how it fits in their lives and strengths/weaknesses.

However we’ve discussed that as soon as they realize the plow isn’t coming by that street, that their generator won’t power it all, that they only have electric and their pellet stove is also off and doesn’t take firewood or worst they have a wood burning and didn’t get enough, just the labors of having to live here when it was all so convenient and easy in the city will weed out the weak...

(Original appraisal was weakly researched and came back in really low). 

I'm very self-aware of my strengths and I'm aware of my weaknesses.