They keep you accountable and a good one will compliment you in terms of skills.  

The skills of wholesaling are similar to a realtor (comps,comps,comps)plus you have to know your rehab costs cold and have end buyers or  joint venture partners lined up  to get the deal done 

.- You need amazing negotiation skills, sharp rehab cost estimation knowledge, and hard work marketing for motivated sellers with equity to give you.Given I see few succeed at wholesaling the advice I give is:- learn creative financing strategies.  

So, that's money and skills few first time buyers have.Plus the tenants in foreclosure multi family neighborhoods tend to be slightly more challenging than tenants in wealthier areas, they may have worse credit for example.

However this job is more of a 'career' job, but a career i clearly do not want to pursue, BUT the pay could potentially be good dependant on my performance and the skills in sales and marketing could provide useful.

I'm a construction manager looking to combine my construction skill with Real Estate Investing by buying and flipping homes.

Every moment spent in technology is a moment that could have been used to look, make, get deals or to improve property or management skills.

I've said many times the real clowns are all the ones who failed as contractors due to having AWFUL people skills and who can't sell a damn job, so they become inspectors!

I'm just so tired of wasting time, I know I could live up to any task placed in front of me, its just about finding the person willing to trust me with these tasks.FEW have the ability to recognize ability and skills, regardless of the trade or career, when it's standing in front of them. 

You also can't play well if you don't understand the basic techniques and theory behind your skill.