If you do not show income, or have a high amount of debt, you may need to consider DSCR financing. 

If you do add pets to the lease, I HIGHLY recommend a non refundable pet deposit.

Starting my wholesale journey right now :)I have some experience in buying real estate for rentals and flips.As a rule I made for myself, I won't work in areas where I know crime levels are high and are generally low income areas, becasue I know how hard it is to sell them (if its a fix & flips) or rent them.Nowadays I'm looking into starting my wholesale business and was curious about that...Does it matter for the cash buyers?

You are on the complete right path....educate, network, and take action...I'd also highly recommend getting to all the in-person meetup possible - then make sure to be-friend the host!

About 2 weeks ago, we've decided to hold 99% of our Acquisitions local to the Charlotte area due to the High Growth this area is experiencing.

I look for low crime rates, good schools, high rent to value ratios sometimes as high as the 3% rule. 

I think you can find high 300s, low 400s.

If we can't then how can we provide extra things like dog bowls, water etc if we do not know?

I have low DTI, high credit score (790+ FICO), and high amount of liquid assets.

I like to do Options with smaller dollars to get high yields with low risk.Example.