Reverse Wholesaling works like this: Get in front of sellersGet pictures of the propertyLet the seller know you will run the deal by your partner and have an offer in 24 hoursRun the deal past your legit buyer whom you have a relationship withLet them tell you what they would payGo back to the seller and see if you can get the deal done building in some margin for yourselfA lot of people talk about "bird-dogging" which is basically just passing leads to an end buyer.

Really bad PMs in my area are a great source of leads. 

Like where I am located there was a $26,000,000 oil refinery and I contacted the broker and asked have they had any hard leads and I got all of the specifics.

It'll help with agent fatigue as well as making sure two agents dont send you a lead and both expect a commission on it. 

I am looking to refi this deal to get the property in my name for the perosnal tax benefits, and hopefully dodge the higher interest rate before it balloons.Any leads/insight on how to go about doing so, or general thoughts on this deal, would be greatly appreciated. 

This leads to a decision - do I pocket whatever little money I am making and call it CF, or do I set it aside for reserves for when the water heater does need replaced...?

@Ned Carey - I think that's good advice, and conservative as well, but @Rob Wilcox got into buy-and-hold and apparently has done it successfully- maybe he would do well to diversify into building from the ground up.I've shied away from it for the reasons you mention, but dealing with 100+ units of housing, most of which was built over 100 years ago, occasionally leads me to think wistfully about new construction.

Hey! I'm a buy and hold investor currently devoting all of my time to finding great deals. I am currently looking to link up with someone in San Diego to complete these deals and move towards financial independence. I...

Im itching to start cold calling and I just want to know where are investors getting their cold calling leads from or what other techniques are you using.

I have a good network but I feel it could be better, Im in a hot market but the wholesalers are starting to really make alot of money without touching the properties and I feel I got the DIY experience I was looking for so Im now writing my own letters and about to start mailing them out today and Ive also looked into some online back office autopilot software that claims to generate leads for a monthly fee.