If bigger investors pay more money, I simply lost the $35 "processing fee" on my deposit and the due diligence will have been good practice - relatively cheap education.1/2) ...in general its state specific for instance in FL it is true they can be redeemed until the second before sale however after you're pretty much done for (however if its a valuable property and any of the previous owners in the chain of title have a bit of cash to throw around you'll be forced to defend yourself in court which can be pretty expensive).

Would I just continue to buy one house at a time or would it be better to try to scale up (larger package of sfh or small multis) I work a steady job and my strategy right now is buy and hold.

Giving up 40% to uncle Sam vs. continuing to invest tax-deferred does not sound like a wise financial move...

It can and will be scary on your first deal as you will doubt yourself if you did everything perfect (not going to happen) but learn and continue.

It sounds like you are willing to spend a few thousand dollars on education. 

Please continue to give input.

I want to become an educated, well rounded wholesaler and investor.

Either way I will continue to post to try and help in anyway I can as I have gotten tons of help from others here.

I understand there is a shortage of supply on the market in many of the areas but can we continue to see an increase in prices within the next 2-5 years and are these prices sustainable? 

I have been thinking about moving states and wondering what would be the best option to continue my real estate accumulation .