To me, you'll have to try 2-3 months and run through an underwriting exercise of a building/properties about 10 times on each one to understand the true pros/cons of each model.

Specifically, I am focused on wholesaling as a way to build enough capital to start investing in SFR/multifamily with a buy and hold strategy.

It's an audience building tool that can also send customized DMs in any FB group to a curated list of people. 

The owner (or you) will also need to have commercial STR insurance on the building. 

You want to build connections in real life at meetups and try to get on the VIP wholesale list over time.

BP is an excellent community to be a part of.

I live in Phx,az and recently friend of mine sold his bank (ex bank of america) literally as is and profiteed $300k  , he purchased it right out cash last year (I think) and it was in real bad shape in a shady part of town,  before him taking possession of the bank  homeless people where living inside it an using the bathroom anywhere in the building, he put maybe less than $5k in just cleaning it up and just a couple of days sold it.Basically the idea is to find super cheap homes in ****** conditions but the price is so cheap that you could still make profit by selling as is, investing as little as possible..

I intend to build a home that will be rented out to offset the costs of ownership.I can find construction to permanent loans on second homes easily. 

Building a strong foundation is key to success in any real estate market.

On one of their apartment buildings that they owned in cash, they pulled a loan out on a cash-out refinance and bought property here in cash.