Here are a few reasons:If the wholesaler is experienced and good at it, he or she will probably pick up deals better than you will and still be able to sell them to you at a discount below what you would have offered to pay yourself for the property.If your goal is to fix and rent or fix and flip or some of both, you need to build a crew for that and keep that crew working so it stays together.  

Account Closed seems like a lot to do and I am assuming you will need someone to feed coal to the system, I wouldn't recommend allowing tenants to do that so likely your self or hire an experienced person.Are the units you are seeing natural gas?

I just don't know what to believe or where to get solid,experienced, and trustworthy information anymore.

I think its safe to say that RE investors, experienced ones, buy value, not blindly, at least I want to believe this is true.

Mike Watkins is logical to encourage wholesaling, but most wholesalers, I've heard and now experienced, aren't very good at it.  

@Jeremy Pace is a great connection to have in the area as he is an experienced agent and investor in the area.

Brandt Barnes (mentioned in above comment) heads this up and it is a wealth of info for experienced and newbies investors. 

Thus allowing me to focus more of my time and energy into investing in my brand/ building my own businesses.Obstacle: Currently I am on the hunt for an experienced FHA lender who accepts credit scores between 600-620 (due to having less than 2 years of established credit history and 2 accounts in collections, one is completely paid off but remains on report, the other is from school and is only $991) To build my credit I have 2 credit cards, I only utilize 10% monthly and pay in full & on time.

They are designed to get you in the game, experience what you are experiencing, and then get you to run to them for help.Once you are under their spell, they'll convince you that you need to buy their training packages, starting with a 3-day seminar in a hotel someplace for $997 to $1,497 where they'll promise you that you'll learn all about everything in real estate.  

 Hello,Hopefully so me of the experienced BP members can help me.Scenario: buy house for owner occupy.