BP How-to Start WholesalingPlus, there are numerous blog posts on the subject as well.  

How can I write up an offer that might be made but will allow me to keep it on the market for a potential bidding war?  

You can screen calls, and you can add numerous numbers to your google voice number, and only give out your google voice number to the tenants so they never have your personal number. 

Also if owning property there are numerous little things that need to be purchased that going through normal channels is at the very least awkward.

Unfortunately, many people wrongly associate Michigan and metro detroit with Detroit, and many people associate war zones with all of Detroit.

I know enough about Jackson to know that there are probably some "war zones" to avoid.  

There have been numerous blog articles on setting goals over the years and performing a simple search on "setting goals" will give you a ton of info to get you started.  

Hire a local thug who can help you buy off the local gangs so the drug wars can be waged outside your community, but not inside.Cheapest gated community ever!

I am looking into getting a license but don't want to delay the next two properties I hope to close this year.You would think with the public threads like this one that show up every couple of months that numerous realtors would be posting that they are investor friendly.

Let me add, we're NOT talking about "war zones".