With more and more STR owners pivoting to MTR the bar has really been raised.

Your wife's visa may not bar her from positioning herself through training now  to have a primary real estate occupation should she ever have a working visa down the road.

When investors just want "adequate" it speaks volumes about how low the bar is to make an investor feel like you care and have at least a little bit of their best interest in mind.I look forward to the day when the bar is set higher and the expectations of more investors becomes "exceptional".  

On a side bar the timberland investment is not what it used to be.

Same with rent rates.. an SFR that will only rent for 500 bucks or so is on the bottom end and same sq ft that rents for 1500 is on the top end.The differences of course are basically crime schools and class of tenant.this all leads to how successful the project will be.Stable tenant.. who is nice to the house feels safe in the home will stay and treat you well.Unstable tenant, who needs their windows barred and who is really rough on the house. that leads to low financial performanceOf course this is general feedback and its not rocket science.

Having a high bar for applicants, such as credit score, good rental history or raising your rent, seem like they are perfectly legal ways to avoid most or all Section 8 tenants, as they've always been. 

Like @Jon Holdman said, and buy the books by @J ScottI did my first wholesale deal 30 years ago, and they are the best books on the subject BAR NONE.and listen tohttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2013/03/21/flipping-houses-101-j-scott/here are the books...http://www.biggerpockets.com/storeLastly, understand wholesaling is a needle in the haystack, so look at other ways, like sub2 and lease option assignments.Best wishes,Brian

Man, that could take care of my bar tab pretty quick.

Also checkout the bars on the first floor windows.

The bar is SO low for PM because the customer is desperate and vulnerable.