Not a great use of your time or resources.. try to find the bigger players and court their business.The big money is made in What Joel does though it takes a lot of apprenticing but if you can crack the commercial world and only work on multi million dollar deals you can make some good money over time.. and it just gets better as you get a deeper book of business.

Who are the big boys/major players who have good reputations? 

Long story short:All american college football player.

This will limit you some (can't pay yourself for labor, more red tape) but might open up some possibilities.

I will be going the portfolio route as there seem to be too many restrictions and red tape in trying to go through larger banks.  

Raises a big red run flag.

When I found out about them it was too many red flags for me, so we backed out. 

What I always envisioned was turning my current condo into a rental after living there for about 5-8 years (it's in a nice location about a five minute walk to the red line, for those non Bostonians that's one of the train lines that takes you into Boston).

As others have mentioned, home prices in Austin are red hot.

An inspector will be looking for red flags that something is wrong with each system (including but not limited too: Leaks, major code violations, differences between new/old building standards, electrical, plumbing).If you are a wholesaler, hiring a home inspector allows you to create a comprehensive report of major issues found in the home, take a large amount of photos, and create 2 really unique value propositions for you:  1) You have a comprehensive report so you can hand that to end buyers and show them the work required (no more Open Houses!)