You will also need to be interpersonally businesslike with people .

And maybe a bigger question i had for the more knowledgeable individuals is: Is the practice of wholesale real estate shady in itself or is it just a lot of the people that it attracts?

Chihuahua’s are notorious for their issues with insurance (biting people).

It's amazing how often people miss this simple step.

What tools are people using to identify good markets?  

I listed it for $2,600 and had 20 people show up to the open house, got 3 qualified applicants and the unit was filled immediately.

People sign leases stating that they agree to no pet policies all the time, yet, they still bring them in.

STRENGTHS-  strong affordable housing market-  cool city with a great feel-  nicely mixed neighborhoods with properties in need of repair next to nice homes-  large university, robust medical community-  decent rents overall, currently trading at 8-10% cap rates-  Micron promises growthWEAKNESSES-  Micron hype is making people spend way too much on properties-  pesky code compliance inspections here too-  student housing area is incredibly compact and difficult to get in to-  difficult to predict if a property will benefit from renovation or not-  contractors are overwhelmed, difficult to get estimatesSummary: Syracuse is experiencing a lot of change right now, in a good way.

But i hope oos people do steer clear of florida investing.  

And these people, I don't want to learn from.Bonus third: you have people that are truly active in the business who are using mentorships to "teach people" how to raise money, and magically, those people are provided the opportunity to raise money for that gurus deal.