Call an Escrow company and tell them to “open escrow” on your new purchase. parcel number helps but address is enough.

Trust me: if you can be credible AND ethical as a wholesaler, you will be THE MAN!

There are probably hundreds of threads addressing how to screen applications.

Also, typically conventional loans typically don't work in our market because it's so competitive and nobody wants to wait 45 days for the bank to close.Private money is hard to get because it's dependent on trust and relationships, and you usually do need to show a track record. 

You need to trust your realtor completely, and both parties need to not get annoyed with each other.

One day I was brainstorming, and I remembered that my parents have a rental in Farmington NM, that is just sitting vacant, that they use as a storage; trust me I know, its crazy to let an investment that could be producing cash flow, just sit and do nothing. 

I don’t know these investors well enough yet to blindly trust.

You're right to be careful but trust the numbers and do due-diligence.

Trust me, you want to avoid costly mistakes and bad decisions.

It is not going to address the overall problem.