For a select few, this can be true, but wholesaling is much harder to get off the ground.

Tell the possible contenders you are interested in how they format their statements and what information they include.

I have always been interested in the vacation rental space.

Quote from @John Clark: Did you check for houses on the auction list,  or you can check with banks and look for REOs and convert that into a single family home and house hack or turn it into a Airbnb. 

This is where you live in one side.

Another one who falls into this category along with Daryl Heller at Prestige/Paramount. 

@Matthew Becker Thanks for the advice and yeah I intend to get them out into the units more as they get older.

Don't over think this, pull the trigger actions create results. 

The problem, other than this going against my philosophy of keeping everything passive, is I don’t think I’ll be able to get into the property to walk the inside prior to purchase and have no clue what I’m getting into.

This will probably necessitate leaving $20,000 to $30,000 into the property.7.