That is as far as ACTUALY experience/education goes for meI am seeking a mentorship/partnership.

When you structure a lease and option transaction with a potential buyer, you become a landlord as far as the "lease" side of the deal is concerned. 

You may have more repairs and higher turnover rates, depending on your screening and how bad the area is, so you can factor that in.

@Leslie Pappas- As far as any downturns go, when the RE and Markets Plummeted in 2008, I as a B&H investor didn't see any downturns.

That's why having a business for income is so important.David J Dachtera"Success is not a destination.

Establish condition and comps, etc), another tab for Buyers and their contact info, one tab for Fundamentals (some of the basic calculation formulas and things to think about), and finally, one tab for contractors and contacts in the area to address any potential problems with a property.Create a deal template in a separate file where you take all the info gathered from above and populate the template in order to send out to a prospective deal buyer...And that's as far as I've gotten.Any input on how to get a wholesale deal down on paper would be helpful...I need that too.

I dont see why this is so complicated?

So many people rant about a company, but never really say what the actual problem is, so it's hard to say if the problem is with the company or some sort of "user error".  

If your spouse is so afraid of losing money, if you invest with NO money - if you do it correctly, chances of you losing money is small and you won't lose as much money.How do you invest with little to no money?

As far as the area is concerned I've lived all over East Volusia county and grew up in the area as well so I have a very good idea of values of areas around here.