Here are some additional activities that count, toward real estate professional and material participation hours.Research market for real estate transaction opportunities; current office market rates; terms of financingMaking offer contracts for properties that you end up buyingNegotiation for acquisition of rental properties that you end up purchasing; including directing due diligence and managing financial projections/business plansObtaining financing for properties that you purchaseProperty inspectionsAdvertisingMeeting with Prospective Tenants/showing properties to prospective tenantsNegotiate, obtain, & review proposals and contracts with vendors (insurance, utilities, etc) for property servicesReview and Negotiate The Terms of Sale AgreementsStaging and Decorating3rd party contractor, vendor, or service provider supervision

Wholesaling is a competitive business in most markets and takes time and resources.

We are looking to grow our flipping business this year as well get into holding properties as our long term wealth strategy.

If you look under his original company names youll find even more lawsuits and warnings against doing business with him online.

Wholesaling is a sales and marketing business.

Peoples sexual or religious preferences are none of my business but do they follow the terms of the lease is what I am concerned with.

For the last 10 years, I've been living in Asia running a small marketing business I started from nothing to making $3-4k per month.

I too am someone new to this business and hopefully leaving my full time job one day to pursue investing only.Good luck on your duplex and many more!

I have been told that you cannot do this business unless your spouse is on board, but here I am with well over 20 years in investing and over 30 units and still doing it. 

It seemed like the most logical way to get into real estate, and my partner was more experienced in business than I was at the time so it was a no-brainer.