A good read for wholesaling is the Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Wholesaling here on BP (https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/01/3...)You might want to consider mobile homes as your first buy and hold investments. 

I'd recommend starting out with reading Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing.

You can even ask some basic questions through those conversations, and now you can ultimately see how the company will treat the tenants and the properties.Usually, a company charges 10% of the rent per month, but just pick up the phone and call around and ask!

Manayunk/Roxborough has been my first choice for a while but a concern I have heard constantly has to do with the taxes associated with owning in the city versus these other locations.  

Success is a process, failure is a choice

I was interested in Realty Shares as well, ultimately I decided to get my feet wet with Acquire, I liked the fact that they have skin in the game although you do pay a premium for it.

The Ultimate Beginners Guide brought me here to BP and I have moved on the Brandon Turner's book on rental property investing.

Success is a process, failure is a choice

Success is a process, failure is a choice

How is anyone supposed to give you the information you're looking for if you don't at least explain what it is you want to know.Until then, maybe one or more of these articles/guides will be helpful....BiggerPockets Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate InvestingBuying Rental Property: A Step by Step Guide Introduction to Real Estate Investment Deal Analysis How To Rent Your House: The Definitive Step by Step Guide Should You Put Your Rental Properties in an LLC?