I don't think that is a great ratio for unrelated (even related) people.

There's also people in the industry that will be willing to teach for free as well.

I do not really have the desire to buy more unless there is a really good deal that comes along.Some people tell me that if I pay off my mortgage early then I will be able to leverage the tax benefit of owning and paying mortgages properties.

I think wholesaling started out as someone exploiting a "blind hole" in the existing real estate process....eventually, enough people felt they got scammed and made some noise.The handful number of deals I listed from a wholesaler were enough to convince me that I don't want to list a property brought by a wholesaler...they don't yet own the property, and they try to make money off the ignorance of the "owner of record". 

I tend to get frustrated when I keep telling people that you can buy large multifamily with 0% down.

So when the mail people go to deliver it to the rental, they will know not to deliver it there, but instead to the new address that the tenants gave them.

Look into places people are going to visit.

People buy after the trend starts.

Do people do that when house hacking.

Seems a lot of people I work with are finding it hard to find a good off market property nowadays .