I'm personally looking at the 2-4 space right now as I think there should be good opportunity there to make the numbers work in high-value markets

Other times you see a person do a single post and ghost their own post.I am in two other forums that are dead or dying.  

I spent the last 25+ years of my life in technical and executive recruiting, and now looking to taking some of those hard-earned skills and applying them to the world of property wholesaling/investing.

100% funding is a thing, for example, if the home is $100K to purchase and the renovation is $75K a lender can give you the full $175K however, there are two things you'll need to be aware of 1) there's an option where the closing costs and fees will be much higher, OR 2) you could give your lender a percentage of the equity of the deal (30% - 60%) for a truly zero personal investment deal.

Has anyone hired someone on payroll to oversee their personal portfolio?  

In my personal opinion, that's kind of the way wholesaling is able to work though.

I am thinking Des Moines may be a good place for me to start for some personal and professional reasons.

As a person who has purchased hundreds of mortgage notes (non-performing and performing) and done many seller finance deals let me tell you if this was the case wouldn't all banks require the buyer (their borrower) to get such a deed so that if their borrowers do not pay then they don't have to go through foreclosure.  

They'll let you know if they have a product you currently qualify for, or what you'll need to do to qualify.Anecdotally, I feel like personal residences are very easy to qualify for.

Working with a coach, I have been agreed with a accountability program with a life coach business coach I know from real estate years ago.