I had also chosen a path that was not well suited to my strengths.I am back again with new resolve, a healthier outlook on life, and most importantly a deal (hopefully).

To be the best in my chosen profession is certainly something that I'm striving for, and I will also strive to know as much as I possibly can about a property that I'm wholesaling.

Maybe Seattle will appreciate more, maybe it'll slow down or even go backwards for awhile, but if you're not cash flowing in the meantime it sounds like that's a gamble that's more trouble than it's likely worth.

My overall question is really are the places I've chosen the right ones to specialize in and get to know intimately or have I missed a glaringly obvious one?

Most are full service but be really clear on exactly what you will need to do once you sign the contract with the company you’ve chosen.

Used cars are always a gamble unless you are a good mechanic or know one. 

SoCal)  Getting into a deal with the hope of appreciation to make the deal work is basically gambling, and I don't like to gamble.  

The more successful ones have chosen to run their investments passively while channeling their energies on their first love: servicing people through medicine.

Are people just willing to gamble that the first trust Lender will allow their lien to be extinguished?

One may choose to dismiss the chosen path of others without the need to judge.