Does location play a significant role in wholesaling because I'm in a medium sized town in Mississippi and last week I was following a wholesale training video on YouTube and went on Listability.com to find "Absentee owners" ...

Look at reviews online and talk to other investors.

Here in Pittsburgh, the county does all its record-keeping online, and you can find out all kinds of information about people through a few county websites.

I work much better with a real person then by reading instructions online. 

Yea, so after about 2 years I still don’t know what even possessed me to go back online and start researching more but I jumped back in .

I have watched tons of youtube videos and listened to podcasts, i know just that isn't enough.

I plan on hiring someone to look at properties for me, $50-$70 to walk through the property, takes videos and pictures for me.

Literally wondering where to look online besides CL but wouldn’t mind hearing from others who use services to find renters.

A lot of rental product is just now hitting the market and will be coming on line in the near future. 

Many people asked me should they become a realtor.. my short answer was it will be much easier if you have an existing large network "100 plus professionals" or willing to work your way up prospecting everyday.. cold calling, door knocking or paying for lead generation tools online..