@Dominic Jones I will definitely agree with you that not all county sites are created equal.  

It wasn't until Dubya, via his regulators pushed them in (thanks to the public/private partnership BS) to it in late 2006:Between 2004 and 2006, when subprime lending was exploding, Fannie and Freddie went from holding a high of 48 percent of the subprime loans that were sold into the secondary market to holding about 24 percentDuring those same explosive three years, private investment banks — not Fannie and Freddie — dominated the mortgage loans that were packaged and sold into the secondary mortgage market.

The big players are safeguard and LPS, plenty of little guys and lots of middle men between the big 2 and you.

The exit strategy may still be under discussion, but it seems that the majority of the players in the deal want to flip the property after it is purchased.  

I have had some people say they are honest and team players and they will cheat at the drop of a hat! 

I'm coming from the Oil and Gas World, and dealt with deeds and Oil leases both of which the instrument date is dominant.  

I would reccomend asking around in your area to find out who the real players are when it comes to wholesaling solid deals that make money.The biggest reason why my company has been so successful wholesaling is because our buyers ALWAYS make money on the houses we sell them.

I agree with Will, there is a big value of meeting people in person and networking with the real players in your market.

They dominate the the owner occupied market.

In the last 3 months however, I have decided to take another plunge into the world of REI and this time with the help of a small team I established we are planning to seriously establish ourselves as major players in the tristate area.