Very risky for a variety of reasons but can be done.

@Jackson Pontsler  There are a wide variety of responses as there are a wide variety of wholesalers, so there's no broad-brush answer to that question.For those who are out there to find deals by taking advantage of desperate, or uneducated people, yes, I have a problem with that. 

There is a variety of ways to invest your money, real estate by far to me is the safest bet and Oh the tax write offs should be more than a good motivation by itself.  

The detail around the landscaping is that she never maintained the flower beds.  

Hello Members,I am new to  BP & this is my first post ,, So I hope I get some leeway in my first presentation.I am attaching an image of a sample spreadsheet I drafted a few minutes ago - to  engage and hopefully close on investors .There are already numerous varieties of Project Analysis Packets in the market today  .However, I have not yet found any that allow one  to view  6 ,10 , or even 50 properties in one shot. 

I'd buy a home that's next to a nursery growing random flowers but never next to a weed grow-house. 

Yes David that is true generally speaking a lot, if not all of the initial inquiry responses that I send out are of a mass email variety. 

Identify the zoning characteristics, political environment, and real estate market demand parameters for each parcel.With the wide variety of sites you delineate, there is a wide range of different development characteristics to research, design, entitle, and sell or build for each project.

Otherwise Meetup.com usually has a variety of meetups that are real estate focused as well.

@Adam Spencer  There are many BP forums for wide variety of subjects.