Second I assume you are looking for single family houses for long term rentals to hold and not rehabs or commercial properties.If that's the case you need to be very careful investing from afar in single family houses as the dynamics are different.Do not be sold on a property where they say it's CLOSE to this great area etc.Instead look at population growth, quality of schools, the economic planning department, permits pulled for building, whether the state is business friendly and whether it is a pro-tenant or pro-landlord state, median income levels, job growth, and crime levels ( violent versus non-violent offenses ) etc.Many more metrics to look at but this will get you started.

(sorry about the poor picture quality, I pulled it off of google maps)

That is why I started this post to begin with, to be sure I was seeing things clearly so I was not forced to back out of a deal because it was not good enough to attract quality end buyers.I have to start someplace, and with little capital or experience wholesaling seemed like the logical solution.

Market quality real estate listings.

Make as many connections and relationships as possible as well as a quality deal flow.

These are the qualities that I am bringing to the table.

To me that's code for bottom of the heap, lowest quality.

If I see newer improvements on the property but no recent permits on file, I walk away because there's a potential that the work completed was sub-standard quality.

I help professionals and business owners take control of their retirements by showing them how to use their IRA's or 401ks to invest in notes and mortgages secured by quality real estate, earning up to 18% returns on their money."

Is the key really to just find a quality lawyer?