I am currently reading Brandon Turner's "The Book On Rental Property Investing" and have just recently dove into the chapters about finding "fixer uppers" in order to purchase a better deal and in my case, Househack/Buy & Hold/BRRRR. 

When there are bad actors in the marketplace, people need government to level the playing field. 

If the single family home and apartment rents are pricing entry level workers out, mobile homes become more desirable.

I agree with everything Jay said, I especially agree with the fact that if you can put the same level of marketing efforts that is required to make wholesaling work into being a real estate broker, you have a much higher chance of being successful.Competition aside, the problem with wholesalers is that they don't know how to think like the investors they are selling to.

As a Military Mortgage BootCamp Instructor, it makes me angry at the level of incompetence with Loan Officers working with Veterans and not understanding VA lending.That said, yes it's a no brainer to take a slightly higher interest rate and pull cash out, even with closing costs again. 

welcome to bigger pockets @Faheem B. stay active on the site, it is a great tool for all levels of investing.  

Yes, of course you are going to qualify buyers and help them understand commercial lending but your level of bravado is off the chain!

Right now we live in a single family fixer upper.

Right now we live in a single family fixer upper.

Or is county/city level too broad to be meaningful?