But it's pretty insignificant.

Sounds like you've read through some of the posts about screening tenants - some may translate to your situation some may not, give it a re-read and it may hit you like a ton of bricks that - that is just the question I need to ask - write it down in your bullet points.Sounds like things are pretty crazy with moving out and whatnot, but do get your pictures together as soon as you can, even if you have to shuffle the mess from the kitchen - take your pics, and then move all the mess back into the kitchen to take pics of the living area...I'm sure that'll be a PIA, but will take your mind away from not having the pics up in the first place and ultimately feeling self-conscious about not.  

The markets you are looking at are pretty hot, so you should consider finding off market deals with a mail campaign. 

Basically, anyone who had a pulse could get a loan.In today's market, lending regulations are still pretty strict. 

Portland is a pretty competitive market for investors, so you will likely want to find off-market leads.

Looking over the reports I have on the property I had seen some pretty high costs which I was told was the water testing, though to me $1500-2000/month seemed a bit high.

For now, I'm focusing on wholesale to help save up money to fund my first flip.From the research I have done I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I need to start my business or form a LLC (of course for a name, website, flyers, etc.) and to start putting in crazy amounts of leg work like driving for dollars and getting some leads together and started up in order to put together a profile to find potential cash buyers..Is there any advice you could give me that would help out with the beginning stages of starting up my wholesale business?

It may not be pretty for the mortgage company etc. but the research says it works as a negotiating tactic.

That's pretty good as far as most investments go but really you paid $20k for $100/month which is a 6% return. 

That covered my question pretty thoroughly.