Was given an estimate of $500/year but sounds like a waste of $$.

My only concern is that because it has 2 meters and the house flows more like multi family than single family I might just be wasting a-lot of money.

I've been thinking of contacting other wholesalers in my area for their wasted leads: Low/no equity, meh motivation.

They will most likely try and recruit you to come to them...so, that's why I would stay away from the big places, someone will let you do it...you just have to be careful not to waste your time on old or stagnant listings. 

A complete waste of money and natural resources....

When I reached my local realtor, she paused my interests on bidding: "There is no much you can do to minimize the risk.

I'm trying to learn approximates for my market before I start wasting peoples time. 

I have tried cold calling, but minimal luck.

Remind the agent of this.Just make sure this is in fact a deal, the last thing you want to do is waste everyones time.

However I’ve had a few bad coaches, or at least coaches that I did not gel with, and it was a waste of time and money.