My opinion is you have two options, either take massive action and submerse yourself in everything wholesaling, (there is plenty of info out there), or pay the $300 if this guy can actually show you some sort of value...material, step by step, ect.

With small kids they make a race track of sorts to play tag in!!!

Is a full home inspection even worth it or would it be smarter to just pay for more specific, cheaper tests, such as air pressure testing the water pipes and maybe some sort of test for the gas line?

@Derek Chiasson  sorry to say but dead give away to a scam.. there Is no such thing as a 1% insurance fee.You must have hazard insurance in place prior to closing... but if they are saying you buying some sort of insurance to protect the lender from default.. then your being scammed.A common one is to buy some phony policy from a company in Thailand they usually try to get 3 to 5k out of their victims for this one.Send me a PM I will help you through it..

Conclusion: I may need to sort 3000 properties to get one profitable deal.But one profitable deal does not make a living.

If I had a transaction coordinator or higher volume I might consider subscribing to some sort of more all-encompassing system, but that's not the case right now.I do integrate LionDesk with other lead sites such as ListingsToLeads.com, but I haven't even considered my MLS integration.

You need to form some sort of corporation or a LLC to keep you personally safe in case anything goes wrong in your business and a lawsuit is filed.  

What sort of location are they in, and more importantly what condition are they in?

I live 40 miles away, so I called the owner of the biggest plumbing co in the city and he and 2 techs dropped everything to get to the property within 10 minutes of my call.I had put a garage outdoor access remote on the outside of the house.. they couldn't get in thru that because THE POWER WAS NOW OFF.Luckily i had put a coded door knob on the kitchen door that opens to the deck-- i gave them the code and they were inside instantly.The water heater was STILL SPEWING WATER full blast in a stream so strong it was hitting the second story ceiling and hitting the ELECTRICAL PANEL also located in the garage and that's what had knocked out the power .The plumbers immediately turned off the inside water main cutoffand sent me photos of the EMERGENCY SITUATION the pm so calmly let me know about by email an hour earlier.i fired the pm co that instant and got on the phone to STATE FARM (my HOMEOWNERS/rental policy dwelling ins co) all whiledriving an hour to the property.i also called the city's best WATER EMERGENCY REMEDIATION COMpany while en route.When i got there, the water was turned off ( finally)the drywall ceiling had fallen in, the light fixtures destroyed, the garage door opener plastic case was HALF FULL OF WATER and there were 1000s of mold blooms on every surface and hundreds of stacks of spiky growing black mold (looked like iron fiilings we used to play with in that game we all had as kids where u use a magnet and drag the iron filings around to put hair and a mustache on the bald guy cartoon photo) the mold spikes were 1.5" tall on the wood railings and stairs going into the house, on all of my beautiful built in wooden garage shelves--- what a mess-- like the streets of Beirut after the bombs went off.and I don't have allergies -- but i could not even STAND inside the garage because the WET MOLD MILDEW SMELL was so strong it instantly gagged me and gave me a headache and i couldn't breathe.So here we are on Jan 17 and now i know that the BEST rental dwelling policy does NOT COVER MOLD REMEDIATION AT ALL ( so far $14,000) but it does cover water damage with a $2500 deductible...

Is there any sort of natural expiration date for an offer letter?