With all that being said, the reason why I'm here is because I have a special connection with Real Estate as my family has built a livelihood through investing in Real Estate.

You're looking in your market to make sure you can find properties to wholesale, and don't want to do the big announcement blast to investors until you have those properties...Here's what I'd suggest: find the investors first, and make them happy by providing actual good investments.Here's the thing: investors will always be there.

Was wondering if I actually need this? 

They are always motivated to show me the houses right away for obvious reasons.

I'm sure you have some specific reasoning and that may help direct you to the answer.

Cheap properties are cheap for a reason.

you'll actually be asking other MF tenants for their PM, it's a great way to quickly find a good one... best of luck!

Reasonable prices and consistent population / rental growth. 

I kind of feel like it's more risky for that reason.

On FF, make sure the comps you're using are actually booked properties, and you're not just pulling from every listing in an area as some of those may be sitting vacant because of bad pricing.