If you are looking to START "investing" via wholesale I would pick a less saturated area.  

Assuming of course that they don’t happen to do a random spot check on my property because all of my payments are up to date.If anyone has any other ideas of how I can, with a reasonable amount of risk, get around this issue it would be greatly appreciated.Thank you.

I do have a property manager picked out but do you have any referrals for contractor and/or property manager?

Pick an area you want to own 4 properties in and start dropping off postcards that say "I buy houses" then put signs on the poles at intersections that say the same.then get prepaid to act, how fast can you close.  

If you are initiating and giving permission it is a hard pull.If someone is randomly pulling your credit without your approval that is a soft pull.

Anything that is automated tends to lag behind reality.Bottom line, learn your market, and learn how to evaluate comps yourself, then you have no one else to blame if you under or over price a property.One final note - you don't actually have to buy properties (or even make offers) in your market to evaluate and monitor their list price, days on market, and sale price - pick several representative properties in your area to monitor and evaluate as test cases so you can learn by doing, but without risking any money or wasting anyone's time.

The premise of the blog post is that you can randomly pick a city, analyze its financials, identify strengths and weaknesses, and then decide if you should take a deeper dive and start identifying ripe neighborhoods and potential properties.

yup.)My biggest regret in (my financial) life was not  not picking up the homes that went into foreclosure in my neighborhood back in 2007-2008.  

Hit him up for coffee and pick his brain. 

Pick up broker which fit you best,  advertise yourself as much as possible, make a name, get a few properties under you name, and then star planning on legal entity.