Professionals with decades of experience and very impressive track records do all the heavy lifting.

@Ashley Hernandez  sure thing if your tracking a home or improved property that you think is going to sale.. you need to be contacting the owner now and buying it ahead of the sale.. that is what your competition is doing.. and that is why these rarely go to sale.land for sure.. lots of land just is let go.. but with improvements very rare in our state of CA.

You are certainly on the right track.  

This gets complicated, as there's a lot of moving parts to keep track of now.Every time you add another person into the daisy-chain the final price to the end buyer goes up, making the deal less desirable to that end buyer. 

Hopefully you have an extensive real estate background with a proven track record of wholesaling.  

Lower appreciation, rent increases usually track wth inflation, so over time, your ROI doesn't increase and equity doesn't provide you with leverage. 

I went back to visit some boyhood places last year and was flabbergasted to hear someone tell me that they were outbid on a track of land for a mobile home in a place that is so much like the hood you would think you were in the Congo.

Nearby schools include St Matthew Catholic School, Rousseau MC Clellan 91 School and The Challenge Foundation Academy.I am trying to get comps from a couple local folks with MLS access, so hopefully they will be able to give me better ones than what I could research.Good point a about the rental area versus owner-occupied area, I hadn't looked at that and yes Indy is very difficult to track comps and the non-disclosure rules make it even more challenging.I was in Indy this past 4th of July weekend and was able to see the exterior and drove the area.  

I was on track to close on a home on this Thursday and I closed on a deal in December.

Give you the wherewithal to pursue and achieve your long-term goalsMany investors start off "too hot", and they either overdevelop their first property or they spend their money too fast - either of these behavior will stop you dead in your tracks, and you probably won't even be able to achieve your short-term goals - and you certainly won't have the resources to pursue your long-term goals.