Michael,   A good book to purchase is "Professional Real Estate Development: The ULI guide to Business.   

Nathan I think this is true if your just talking about rental props for landlording.. the last 2 to 3 years have been the best years of my career.. building new builds and Loaning our funds.

Start with BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginners Guide (free).

Lessons learned we did our due diligence this time and found the right ones.

This is a tough one for new builders.

I hope that this helps.

But this was not because wholesaling is a scam.

Oh no, I just signed up for this!!!

This money gets added onto the back of the loan kind of like a VA funding fee does. 

If this is the case then typically you only have to comply when you make alterations.2.