If anyone knows any good tools or sources to analyze deals, I'd love to look into them.

why as a wholesaler would you want to put homes under contract with all those liens on them especially if that kills the deal You wasting the time of buyers and sellers The liens are very common in this business Jyst trying to help other people to not just waste time saying we going to buy with cash if you don't know the house will close or not This is what causes wholesaling to get a bad name in my area If you are going to do this as a business it would be nice to know if it will close before lots of time is wasted on a deal that will not close I look at wholesaling different because I don't want to show my buyers a house that might not close I want to know it will close The wholesaler told me he did not know Lots of buyers I talked to in my area since have complained about wasting their time looking I am just posting this because it makes cash buyers irritated if they waste their time looking I like being able to tell my buyers title search done and they can close It cost 130 to do a title search This way part of the work is done when we go to closing at my title company I'm not being critical, just trying to give insights to other investors in my area and what happens when you just put houses under contract

Account ClosedThe local REIA and Landlord association meetings are a source of hard money lenders and local partners and info.Paul

@Russell Brazil But wouldn't a Mortgage broker be acting as a middle man and collect a finder's fee, whereas going with a direct lender, this fee is "non-existent" since we are going straight to the source?

All feedback and constructive criticism are welcome.

@Stephen S.Welcome your profession should be the source of all the private money you will need.I work for Dave Lindahl feel free to connect for any questions you have.Two Great reads, I bought both J.

Since my good friend and new mentor has extensive experience with short sales I decided to look into those as a lead source. ended up finding two motivated sellers.

The 2nd source, and I keep telling you this is the preliminary title report and you can ask your question different ways but the answer is the same. you have to spend the money to get a prelim.

It is critical that you work on networking because it is the answer to your last question, "....how to find a mentor.."  

And a very select few learn from it and put in the time and money it takes to source their own deals.