Either way, I'm extremely happy with my purchases!

I'm in NYC, where prices are extremely high, so from my perspective wholesaling is not something that a licensed agent needs to explore.

Google loves real businesses that provide value to their users and the local game is so fragmented that the competition for commercializable terms is extremely uneven.

It is extremely risky/foolish to buy without calling a title agent and having them run a quick check to make sure there are no government liens against the property or the owner.

The Kern has had three exceptionally bad years in a row...where up north actually had a pretty good snow-pack the first year of our extreme drought.    

:Granite counter tops are extremely durable.  

(for investment property not homeowner mortgages) The low sub 6% rates we have had for a decade are as extreme or more so that the run up of prices in the boom.  

If not a lot of Capex sometimes you just run across a motivated seller in life with a good product to sell at a great price.When you find those things lining up you have to move fast.I would make sure a large tax assessment rise isn't fixing to happen or a large increases on charge per gallon of water usage etc.Capex and utility is always the cash flow killers.

It can be extremely profitable.   

It is possible but extremely rare for taxes to be negotiated down.