They are extremely helpful and filled with great info. 

And especially in SF, with rent control and urban density, you literally get extreme and absurd situations like a multi million dollar condo literally RIGHT NEXT DOOR to a rent controlled flat where the immigrant inhabitants (6 in a small 2BR) collect recyclables in their back yard.  

It's extremely easy to make a bad deal happen. 

Flipping is extremely expensive and most of your profit will go to those two.  

I bought an old house that is in extremely poor shape a couple months ago on mills mill for dirt cheap.  

No matter how many properties we looked at, he was extremely honest and gave me the direction I needed to find the right place.

This past year has been a whirlwind of uncertainty, fear, and exhaustion but also of elation and relief.If it gives you any hope in your own journey, I literally knew nothing about real estate, and I had no connections when I jumped in.

All in all, this was exhausting, and a very good lesson for us!

Most wholesalers buy lists and perform mailing strategies as well as have virtual team members who make the warm up calls and then the owner (you) close the deal.You need to be extremely aware that people will be mad at you, calling you names, swearing at you, etc because for you to make money at it, you need to buy it below market value. 

These are a few ideas you can use and it's certainly not an exhaustive list.