But I think that is the only aspect worth while.The "education" you receive is nothing more than what you could find by reading a house flipping book or clicking on this website.

Granted I am not familiar with pricing for Baltimore so would only be able to help you with the coverage aspect.

I am aware of the wear and tear aspect.  

Finding deals is by far the most difficult aspect of this business in the current market.

It is the cost of doing business, and in this case, location does matter for an owner occupant.It is interesting how the timing here is critical, between the letter of intent, the purchase and sale agreement, the mortgage lender's appraisal, the petition, the physical inspection, etc.

Still getting a feel for the numbers in rent and for the most part every aspect of my area.

@Jay Hinrichs Just google "rave" and youll see haha....though I largely stay out of the illegal aspects of it.

At this meeting I I have learned about virtually every aspect of fix and flipping, hard money, creating a corporate entity, and just hanging out with good like minded people. 

Yes, I see that REI is very much about your accuracy with money management and will-power along with the other legal and financial education-related aspects of it.

There are a ton of other aspects successful wholesalers are good at such as Lead management, negotiation, networking.As a side note: Unless you're inherited a large about of RE, you're going to have a difficult time no matter what you do.