Next, and again my current experience is in a different industry but one that's a highly dependent on Google reviews and ratings, I've found that there's always a break-even point where "paying someone off" doesn't provide enough of a return on the payoff. 

And some markets are going to be a lot more popular for the average BP member ( which to me is heavily slanted to starting out) At least from the post we see.  

I grew up in the real estate industry watching my father raise money with a PPM for large multifamily value add projects and a developments.

I’ve noticed that most of the listings on that site in SF have average at best pics which i was shocked by (I’m sure this is not your wife).

@Ed Lopez our thoughts:1) $65 is average hourly rate for handyman in Metro Detroit.

If the higher end rent prices on comparable units take an extra month to fill the vacancy and also the tenant stays 1-2 years instead of 3-4 years on average those landlord make LESS income charging that rental price ESPECIALLY if they pay a PM a placement fee upon turnover on top.

My personal experience after 40 + years in the real estate industry is that “wholesaling” is a very INEFFICIENT AND INEFFECTIVE way to gain knowledge and experience relative to real estate.

We are currently preparing my real estate strategy, of course using the Bigger Pockets Strategy book, as a previous business owner in another industry, there’s a lot of good and refreshing information here in this Strategy book. 

The greatest and probably only leverage I have as an out of state investor is the proof of funds to show I have the liquidity and the risk tolerance to average 2-3 deals per month.The Yelp thing is specific to California and only for companies.

The average Section 8 rent for a 3BR house in Jax is around $2,000.