I then continued my education by passing the requirements to become a CPCU "Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter"  There are fewer than 25000 of us in the world, the designation is considered to be the most prestigious in our industry. 

I decided to try something else and move into the auto industry and became a car salesman. 

Its a good gateway to start. when i first started on bigger pockets I too had about 10k saved and just started reading through forums and reading books and found out really fast that 10k won't do you much good in this industry, especially if your in California.

The problem with apartments is that price/sqft metric is not a fair metric to calculate value, so the industry came up with another metric that is more fair... meet "Cap Rate".

Let's say the building is an industrial basic steel building that total will cost $500,000 to build, and it's a 10,000sqf building renting at $.06 per square foot.

But I certainly value the advice and wisdom of a seasoned veteran in this industry.

And each offer that comes in is higher than the last one, making it all the more difficult for an investor to get the property at a price that makes the numbers work.BUT -- the overpriced property that has been sitting on the market 3 months has ZERO offers, and everybody is passing it up because they can easily see it's simply not worth the asking price.THE PROBLEM WITH OVERPRICINGOverpricing is the "Original Sin" of the real estate industry, and it causes more problems for sellers now more than ever before.

Although I can't talk too much on this subject due to the fact I involved in this industry.

oddly enough, 7 people I've talked to in the industry in one way or another have never heard of wholesaling. 

your undercapitalized and insufficient income to really get going in the industry as an investor.my suggestion would be to take your real estate licensing exam.. go to work for a resi or commercial broker on their team.. and you can do this part time..