Over the years i have been extremely passive with the business and never took the time to really learn how to property invest in real estate, i just assumed i was doing things correctly, i didn't know how to do the numbers, just went with the flow.Since im down to 5 rentals and i made a very small amount of money selling off the negative cash flow rentals that just never recovered from the market crash in those 2 areas, since i bought to high in the peak of the market prior to the crash. i decided to apply for a mortgage to purchase another rental in my local area using some of the new knowledge i have learned recently, but after applying for multiple mortgages most of the places i applied basically said no, that cash flow to money lent to me is in a risky zone, basically i own properties that were not bought with rental numbers in mind, so turning them into rentals they barely cashflow except for my very last property i purchased that i did basically a flip on, that left lots of room between the mortgage payment and rental rates in the area.

I recently relocated after separation from the military.

We lived it it for three years, but recently decided to rent it out.

Recently, I ran across information about Wholesaling, and I took an immediate interest in it.

I am currently a fifth year (5/5) Mechanical Engineering student at Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, I have recently accepted a full time job offer as a Mechanical Engineer at a chemical company located in Deer Park, TX with a start date in July 2019. 

Newbie here recently relocated to San Antonio, Texas, IL born.

So, I stumbled upon something recently and I'm trying to figure out what my next direction should be.

However, Total Protect Home Warranty just recently did anything and everything they could to not repair/replace my HVAC on another property, so I don't want to end up with another company that will leave me to replace it myself again.

That is how you can end up going from $650 to $2k.The maps for NOLA and the area were recently updated to reflect all the Post Katrina improvements, so right now, the rates are really about as low as they ever have been. 

For those of you who might be slightly interested in knowing the outcome of this, I joined a recently-established Listing Leaders group ("Team Cowboy") based out of Hammond, IN.