It's like buying a car, suddenly you notice all the other cars of the same make/model as yours.

Self management became a huge part of our business model.

The emphasis here is more to that partnering approach is really their business model, they prey on the newbies usually to generate the business activity.

Many of us including myself talk about our strategies, styles, niches and business model on our website.

If you wouldn't mind, would it be possible to help an aspiring wholesaler like in getting my feet wet?

. :-) Proven models are what BP provides and I think that was @Joshua Dorkin mission when he started BP.

For sales comps the biggest advantage of public records is that they will include non-MLS transactions.Everyone should keep in mind that value estimates like ours or the Zillow Zestimate (known in the industry as automated valuation models, or AVM's) are based on public records data and therefore don't take into account things like curb appeal, view, home condition, landscaping, etc.

@Nick Britton I know he said that the entire job would be about 2800 for a higher end model. 

In the end, you need to perform your own risk assessment and decide what is going to work for your model. 

Our model is the BRRR (buy, rehab, refinance & rent) with legal basement suites but we add a RSP second mortgage on the back end.