The quality looks amazing.I will be closing on my first rental property in July.

And I have more control over quality of work with 1099's than w-2's and negotiating powers.I would be more than happy to talk more in details what my experience was like-feel free to private message me.

If you are looking to buy & hold make sure you find someone who has worked with investors that is the most important quality.

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.

I have recently fallen in love with audio, Podcasts and Audible.

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

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