If you don't have faith in your investment then it won't work because you won't have the drive and determination to keep pressing forward with it in the shaky times.

Drive by and see how good they are.

Every time I drive by, I get a smile.

I would say that as long as you cannot hear or see the toll road from whatever house you are looking at it, it is a huge plus and only means growth.

I think that banks rely more on drive by BPOs/Appraisals than 1004's.

The olympics are there in 2 years, too, which will boost more economic drive!

Buying for appreciation is a dangerous game unless you have some specific local factors that you believe will drive appreciation.

What are the sources of growth there?

I stopped wasting money on web marketing for that particular reason.Make sure you ask ABC when they call you so you wouldn't have to drive 20 min just to find out it is not a deal.

If you have the resources to jump into wholesaling and can make it work, more power to you. but, a college experience is valuable too, both for your emotional growth and for a degree to fall back on.