Just like the flowers, notes are popping up all over!

It will help you to know there are many forums available on a wide variety of subjects.

It's a variety of issues.  

The concept of a "Best Real Estate Market" can be highly dependent on environmental factors and your personal investment strategy.There are many factors one should look at including but not limited to:Vacancy RatesHousing Starts / CompletionsAppreciationSale PricesPublic DevelopmentCorporate InvestmentEmployment RatesPrice / Rent VarianceIt can be easy to get overwhelmed with such a huge variety of metrics.

I'm no expert but from what I've read you could find motivated sellers by marketing to them via personal letters, bandit signs, or billboards that state you buy houses (as well as a variety of other methods).

As a wholesaler, just simply finds great deals using a variety of marketing strategies, puts them under contract, and sells that contract to buyer for an "assignment fee" or "finder's fee".

I don't want to start until I am 26/27 years old.I have done a rough estimate for monthly expenses of a variety of models including mortgage, insurance, taxes, HOA fees, vacancy and repairs.

Always good to meet as many people doing a variety of things. 

I've used a VA for data entry, putting together marketing documents based off a template (I send the pictures and basic info), gathering the information for foreclosure mailings of the county website, transcribing handwritten notes and lists into Word and Excel documents and a variety of other tasks like that.

That means the home has a fairly nice yard and landscape, with lots of flowers/bulbs planted.