Put in the actionable steps, read a good few books on wholesaling.

It never hurts to put in an offer, but...

Well I was in the thick of it back in the day.. both as a HIGH volume real estate agent ( owned and office and had a team) and HML in the Deep south. so I think I can speak to this a little.For the CA borrowers it was all credit score driven... and just like today were you see posts I live in LA but need to invest other places.. lenders made those loans far to easy for folks who eventually lost the assets.. in the DEEP SOUTH  and I mean Mississippi can't get any more deep south than that I was the largest hard money lender in the state for many years doing 300 plus loan in Jackson a year. for fix and flippers who sold not only to investors for rental purposes ( see above almost all out of  state) to homeowners.. the issue that caused much of this is CRA never mentioned and most don't know what it is .. its the Community Reinvestment ACT that Clinton put in.. it basically forced banks if they wanted to work in certain areas they MUST provide loans for the citizens who live there...

As a commercial contractor, I understand the contractual safety nets that need to be put in place to safeguard both the client and the contractor if a disagreement occurs. 

After you put in under contract I know you contact investor builder etc and you get a 5-10k fee which is awesome but I am still wondering who pays the bank back?

It sounds like they probably put in pigtails.

Or you can drive over just to pull it out every time (which could work if it is on your commute, but pretty laborious).A second potential issue if you have urban animals--racoons now live in most urban areas across the US and Canada--or even dogs or bears (oh my), you also have to make sure tenants rinse out things like canned food and only put in like the tops of pizza boxes (not the bottom with all the debris and grease) and on whether your tenant population can or will do this, see my personal management point above...

HI Mike, yes I have but when I put in certain criteria it gave a zero result, i played around with it and it still gave zero. 

I am not on the title and I understand I could always put a mechanics lien on the property, but are there other safety measures I could put in place to limit my exposure?  

Interestingly, we had a couple put in an offer on the home on Christmas Eve, which we were happy with and accepted.