I'm a newbie wholesaler as well, seeing your story is reassurance that if you have good intentions and work hard great results will eventually follow. 

That means intentionally or not they make mistakes.

While we will visit the area on a house-hunting trip (tentatively slated for May 7-9), we've been limited to a long-distance search thus far (we currently reside in Pennsylvania); we've been using Zillow, Craig's List & Ebby's websites (attempted to use Dallas Morning News website with poor results), but I get a sense that there must be better resources to use.Our intent in posting is to seek recommendations about better resources to use in locating a quality rental property (including real estate professionals that anyone may recommend) in the North Dallas area and, if we're fortunate, perhaps connect with a landlord who has rental properties available in this specific area. 

As always, check with a CPA in whom you can confide your full situation and intentions in order to get advice specifically tailored to you and your situation.

Almost immediately CW sent me a letter of intent to accelerate.- I paid the arrears and made numerous monthly payments, none of which CW/Bank of America would apply to my mortgage therefore keeping me in default.- After about 8 months of this I stopped paying since the funds were not helping my mortgage situation.

I look at effort and intent.  

I know Fundbox has 51 Million in reserves from money they have raised, and they're hiring with the intent to grow right now.  

@John, my intention is to not hold the property in my Self Directed IRA but use it to either flip properties or as a hard money lender.  

It must breath to keep dry.

We just purchased a small ranch (46 Acres) in Texas with the intent of dividing and re-selling.