Your relationships you build will bring way more deals that random wholesalers who misrepresent the entire process to the sellers and daisy chain a game of telephone 8 deep on a property.

Currently I own one house which is my primary residence. 

I would stay away from Facebook Marketplace, it was a crap show the couple times I threw a house up there, but that's just me. 

House was in bad shape with outdated carpeting, wallpaper etc....

I buy houses in your area.

Say I bought the house cash thru HELOC, have it rehabbed.

I still believe he’s better off with someone licensed in that seat to avoid any potential fair housing or other liability issues that can occur.

They're not paying top price for this because they have more Sellers than buyers.

I purchased a vacant parcel in Mount Airy that was adjacent to the sellers home.

I never regretted keeping my first house as a rental because it cash flowed very well from the beginning and as years passed and rent increased it became an outstanding decision .However, our home was significantly less expensive than yours.