in my heyday of funding wholesale deals in Detroit virtually every property had a unpaid water bill on it..

Virtually all properties need some repair; so ask the seller to make an improvement.

We never even thought to make reports to all the investors.. and of course being CA it was very much like crowd funding as we did multi bene loans on virtually every deal we did.. and most investors that had say 500k with me would spread that to 10 to 15 loans.. so there was a huge amount of cross collateralization within the investor base not to mention many of the investors were referrals so they all knew each other. 

Or should I virtually wholesale in a different market?

Virtually every business I've ever looked at -- and I've looked at more than 10,000 -- has between $10,000 and $1 million of assets sitting on the table that they really aren't seeing.

On our site you can see interviews with former BP guests who have Skyped in to do a virtual Q&A.We also have a closed FB group where overseas investors like our members chat about different investment opportunities, share resources, etc.

@Derek Caldwell  this is were direct mail comes in very handy... 99% of yellow letter folks target the exact same thing... so people with those assets get bombarded with the exact same letter with virtually the same lingo in each... so that's why the response rate in quality areas is so low.you would be pleasantly surprised to see how well direct mail will work for unimproved land.. as folks just don't get direct mail for their land.. and your response rate will go up.plus if you really want something you can call them as well.There are specialty ad publications that just specialize in recreational land.. if your looking for infill type lots then its mail and drive.

It's virtually FREE.

I have virtually no savings, tons of school loans; but, I am paying them down while saving about $800 per month.

And if you have a virtual assistant, this is good free choice to have a smooth contact transition between yourself and your VA.