Ahem...I am not one of them...for now I am losing my butt in time however, I hope it pays in time down the road - I also love doing it so there's that.It is a lie to say Real Estate is passive.

People really need to beware of the self interest, and often straight out lying and exaggerated claims that some of these personal FIRE financial bloggers make.

Sometimes I am dumbfounded by the results - but there is a reason I do it, math doesn't lie. 

Here are their acquisition criteria from 2000: 1.Large purchases (at least $50 million of before-tax earnings), 2.Demonstrated consistent earning power (future projections are of no interest to us, nor are "turnaround" situations), 3.Businesses earning good returns on equity while employing little or no debt, 4.Management in place (we can't supply it), 5.Simple businesses (if there's lots of technology, we won't understand it), 6.An offering price (we don't want to waste our time or that of the seller by talking, even preliminarily, about a transaction when price is unknown).

I'm in now way an expert on this, or have extensive experience, but just want to share my opinion to your question.Wholesaling is, in my opinion, a great way to enter the field of real estate investing, to learn what other investors look for and to find good deals that will benefit all parties involved.The problem though lies in the fact that not every person who gets started with wholesaling continues to effectively and successfully wholesale.

I don't know really what there is to break, other than not cleaning the filters (which is a problem for both types of systems), or potentially losing the remote (which is what the security deposit is for).Unfortunately, the central hvac systems do supposedly last longer and are cheaper to fix, since there isn't much technology. 

You will be hosed in a major way if after a year the guy comes back and lies and tells the court you promised him this or that.

We love modular homes, today with good egeniring and technology you can get very nice modern designs with 2/3 of there price of a full construction.

What type of technology do they provide?

I made this cool informational real estate infographic about the future of real estate technology.