My advice for you is different than everyone else. 2 years ago I was in your shoes.

So, when investing in areas they don’t really know, investors should research the different property Class submarkets.

This can be the difference between setting goals and achieving them.

Hi Amir, when studying different neighborhoods in my market I like to use quantmaps.

Difference is, because I’m wholesaling, for rehabs, can I get the price close enough for the end buyer, so that I do not have to go back to the seller for a price adjustment?

No deal is perfect, and anyone on these forums will have different investment objectives as you, but you will typically get some things to at least think about before moving forward.

Events like this give the opportunity to meet and talk to investors from all over the country, doing different kind of investing, and with a varied amount of experience.

I've been fortunate enough to work with a few different property managers, but mostly people my family chose to work with.

Why can't I go into whole foods and steal their food without getting the police called on me?

A great alternative would be simply licensing or leveraging a different web forum platform that already has a mature mobile app available for and that BiggerPockets could simply redirect mobile users to when they open the site.