You can look for notes on LoanMLS, FCI exchange, and establishing a relationship with a servicer.

they can pick and go in a matter of hours.. we don't think of that as investors especially well established investors with lots of stuff..

How important is it to have an LLC created before doing wholesale deals? Is it important to have business cards and a website? Does it make you wholesale company appear more legitimate if you have a website and busine...

Supply/demand doesn't bode well for one-off new construction for folks that don't have existing established relationships with GCs. 

Establishing a relationship with a Realtor who already knows a Title Company is another way.

This will be a "what you need to read" post, not a "what you want to read" post.There are exceptions, of course, but for the last couple years, people trying to "house hack" a 2-4 unit property in Oakland with <25% down have mostly been getting beat out by established REI putting 25% down.

Or are you writing a blog to establish yourself as an authority in a certain niche or market?

Normally I wouldn’t worry about something so trivial, but I’m still in my first year (3 properties) and establishing my systems, so when an issue comes up I take it as an opportunity to build it into my systems, and want to make sure I’m always doing so ethically and responsibly.

It sounds like you have your goals well established. 

One company owns everything and does nothing (this is your SLLC a/k/a “asset holding company”) and a completely separate company handles all of your operations (this is a traditional LLC a/k/a “operating company”) For the operating company which serves as your face to the world and through which you do all your business, you establish a Traditional LLC to carry out the operations of your investments.