I will pull one to view it so I can be ready should it become a viable option from my marketing.

Yeah - get ready to evict Dad for non-payment, which is what is coming. 

Give it some thought and reach out when you are ready.")3) Don't mention close fast, cash buyer, etc on the voicemail. 

I want to start getting some experience and practice running numbers on potential deals and get myself ready for when the time is right to make an offer.

You are ready to take the plunge my friend!

I will go to the link @Dmitriy Fomichenko sent out and read.  I

I’ve been doing lots of research on it and Im really ready and eager to finally get started with my first wholesale deal.

I would start looking today, deals don't often pop up for your first time so if you think you'll be ready in Jan then chances are it'll take a few months after to actually get a deal.And finally something I did a little but not too excessively: reverse engineer. 

If I enjoyed being a landlord at that point, I would stay in each house for a year (required of your lender), then purchase a new 2-4 unit every year until I hit a point that I felt ready to jump into bigger units or no longer needed to live in each one.

Our first dip into real estate was about a year ago we purchased a foreclosure that was actually move in ready for $210k and it appraised at $250k.