My first floor consists of 2 bed rooms (one of which i use as a home office) 1 full bathroom, 2 living rooms (1 is where i will reside daily), and a large kitchen.

I can get you Scott's info - he does a large volume of VA loans, and has a lot of first time home buyers as well. 

It's why property management exists - to make sure that during those periods of nothing going right, the effect on your OWN personal daily life is extremely minimal.

It takes me 10-15 offers to get a property under contract, which is okay for the volume of my work (and yours as well by the way you describe it)Try connecting with agents and prove them you can buy - they can send off market deals off your way with a motivated seller.Try thinking of going to another marketGood luck!

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or lose money in any market.

The result has been a painful resale process that has cost him a lot of time, energy and money.Daily property search (daily grind):Foreclosure Auction Site 1: nothing in our marketsForeclosure Auction Site 2: nothing in our marketsMLS Search: nothing meeting criteriaShort sale search: nothing meeting criteriaOnline Auction Site 1: nothing meeting criteriaOnline Auction Site 2: nothing meeting criteriaWhat is the charge for the plaster work on active project 1?

Things like intent, whether a particular activity is an exclusive focus or mixed in with other passive activities, whether the IRA account holder is also engaging in the same business personally at volume, and similar factors would go into a determination.The other concern we have with wholesaling in particular is that it often takes a lot of hustle to create deals.  

Nothing that can't be overcome, but depending on what other hats you wear in your life, it might not be worth it.For the MLS stuff that others mentioned, any realtor can get you setup with alerts and schedule them to daily, weekly, immediately, etc, so there is no real advantage there. 

(The irate tenant does woodworking/crafting and uses strong chemicals daily).My office manager felt unsafe and suspected that the tenant was under the influence of drugs, so she called the police, closed the office for 1 hour, issued a lease violation, and immediately walked the other unit where the tub was being resurfaced.

I own less than 10% of the partnership and I have no daily operational responsibilities.