EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

Am excited to venture into wholesaling and I've been educating myself on terms, technique, and form of going about it. 

In Oregon we aren't allowed to do this.

Also, if your wife and her parents were the real estate investors first, why aren't they weighing in? 

Better yet, accept the fact that there are always going to be the poor, and a good number of these people - especially in class-movable societies like the US - are going to be there because they aren't motivated enough to do anything further. 

You should take a job for the education and not the money.

People just aren't applying for loans. 

There are plenty other resources but the first is to educate

If the deal goes south and you have next to zero money in the deal, selling a short sale or walking isn't as risky for you since you aren't losing much.

How do we know that you aren't running a Trolling coaching business, and that this post isn't just reverse reverse trolling?