I am trying to find a mentor and I feel like working for a corporate wholesaler might give me the experience I need to turn my little $175,000 chunk into a rental property business one day.

Quote from @Jimmy Rojas: I live in Arizona and homes here are sky high, youd be lucky to get %6 interest rate, I would be a 1st time home buyer, apart from being 1099 employed would Trumps real estate plans benefit the little guys like me? 

If you don't know a realtor at the moment, San Antonio's Association of Realtor is nice enough to share their data to the general public through their website: http://realestate.sabor.com/pages/mlsstatsThis is a little bit more labor intensive since you have to input the zipcode and it'll spit out the MLS data, but you can use this data to create your heat map.

I'll introduce you to the owner of MR Qualified Alternatives.

We're still waiting for the owners bank to let us know if they'll actually help us or not.

That could make financing the rehab a little smoother.3.FHA 203(k): If the rehab costs and scope fit within the FHA guidelines, refinancing into a 203(k) loan could work.

Often wholesalers and investors cross paths in these communities.3.Direct Outreach & Marketing:Consider running targeted ads or direct mail campaigns focused on property owners.

My job every month is to operate with as little $ as possible in banks that pay nothing, getting every dollar possible into my money market accts earning 4%+.

Short-term rentals of non-owner-occupied properties will also require a special use variance which is obtainable by starting with the completion of an application in the Zoning Department."

I know a little about the phoenix market and agree it is growing.