They may also opt out of allowing them appear on the RPR website once they settle, although RPR monitors public records and will list them as a public record sale soon after settlement.

I forgot to mention that the reason I wholesale virtually is because my web marketing has been really successful in other states.

From what I am reading, it appears that it is much safer to find a good tenant who is interested in just a 2 year lease and potentially interested in purchasing the home from me down the line.In my case, the buyer agent' clients were okay with leasing from me for 2 years and doing an appraisal, but the their buyer agent really pushed the option contract on me when I told her many times that I have no interest in fixing the price.

@Ryan Watson, I agree with @Robert Leonard , you should deferentially educate yourself before investing using your retirement funds, there is plenty of info here on BP forum as well as out-there on the web.

If they don't have a story, they're probably not the real landlord.It's when I can't reach any current or prior landlords, or when the person the tenant claims is the landlord doesn't appear on the property tax records that I know there's a real problem.

For the most part it appears to be pretty labor free(not constantly restocking machines).

My day job is software engineering where I build iPhone, iPad apps and web apps.

I have only been reading & learning for a couple of months, so I definitely still have a lot to learn, but this appears to pass the first look test.  

BP is the most amazing source for information and even networking that I have found on the web.

After spending hours listening to podcasts and reading through the web site, your never done ha!