It's faster, cheaper, more commonly successful, and has way less overhead.If you want to be a mentor, talk to your current principle broker and see how you might be able to help him/her.

What people commonly refer to as wholesaling today is just brokering real estate because folks are trying to sell this dream to people who don't have the ability to actually buy the property.

Now things like "Assessment Year" ( a common data point in some of the REI analytics tools I've used) make much more sense:

read the top three sites and you will have a very solid grasp on the history of mobile homes.Same for most common mobile home repairs..

@Eric Yee Unfortunately from personal experience and from what I read around here these issues are pretty common with all type of contractors.

This property has potential for a dining hall/common area.Thanks

Some of the more detailed ones will, but I wouldn't say it's common.

Although less common for apartments than in mobile home parks where I've done seller financing deals, but they are out there. 

What do Walmart, Amazon, Facebook, Coca-Cola, Sprint and AT&T have in common?

I've started putting together a plan for me to "buy back" my 8 hours that I spend working for someone else via REI and am looking for guidance to help me figure this out and avoid common newbie pitfalls.