Paul,You are wholesaleRetail is the realtor version of "What"......????

The short version is.......he had 2 hurricane damage homes IN GALVESTON, that he'd tried to sale before, with another wholesaler...to no avail.

There's an updated 2016 version as well.The ABCs of Real Estate Investing by Ken McElroy.  

Welcome @Petya Spencer,You might want to take a look at http://thepropertyhub.net/.IMO a poorer UK version of BP but they also organize and manage meetups in the UK.

@Steve R.Most residential real estate agents are not going to be out scouting for ugly houses ... if one is dropped in their lap, they may bring it to you - or to an agent in their office who is willing to deal with it.You have a far bigger chance of finding your own: read the local classifieds and your provinces version of the Royal Gazette for foreclosure/mortgage/tax sale announcements; lace-up your runners and get in a morning 5-miler around the neighbourhoods of interest; talk to the postal carriers, etc.

I'm going to upload an updated version as I get more input.

The whole thing seemed like a local version of the guru programs.

Having seen and starred in previous versions of the condo development movie, here are a couple of cautionary thoughts: Do you have experience with significant construction projects?

Both seem to have done away with their free versions.

I'd say it's a "yes" about 70% of the time as of the most current FNMA AUS version, again assuming good credit.