Hey Josh,Me and my partner have been wholesaling virtually for almost half a decade, so the answer is yes: You can absolutely do wholesaling remotely. 

But if you want to go faster, there are two things that will help by getting your foot in the door with house hacking.First, is over time you'll build equity and can eventually refinance and take that cash to use as down payments.Second, if you want to use private lenders, virtually all of them other than family and close friends will want to see a track record.

A book that has changed the way I live my life: The Art of Possibility by Ben & Rosamund Zander. 

If you want to schedule a call or virtual meeting to discuss, we would be happy to do that.  

I allow a "reasonable" number of small nails for hanging art, photos, etc.

We just have a Virtual Assistant that keeps it all up to date for us. 

But finding deals in Huntsville/Madison right now is virtually impossible unless you have numerous and strong connections for off-market properties.  

Virtually all of those who believe there are few opportunities will get no/little value from my post. 

It's a hard transition to make, I get it, because you sound like me - all of my properties are close, we self-manage better than virtually any PM around here could do it, and keep control of everything.

It would have been virtually impossible to receive those same rents from cash tenants for both those units.