Here's what I’m targeting:Investment Criteria:Unemployment rates below the national average.Rent-to-price (RTP) ratio of 0.60 or higher.Median home prices below $150,000.Growing population and areas where rents are stable or increasing.Key Questions:Which markets have you found to be ideal for first-time investors?

I'd be happy to connect further and share referrals to others in the space. 

Looking for advice on the best way to start out.

And it's why i'm HERE in BP. 

Hello,I am working on getting started with wholesaling and do not mind working with another serious wholesaler of interest.I connected with an agent on Biggerpockets who claimed to be investor-friendly and knew the wholesale strategies but I think I scared them away when I requested a written agreement to get started.I do not understand why people in the wholesale industry like to talk about working together instead of working with a written agreement. 

Hi the seller has a tenant who 's lease expires december. he offers two options:1) sign the contract now and wait to close when the tenant leaves in december .2) close now and keep the tenant. 

And it was real estate speculation here that helped cause the Great Depression.

An ideal bank would  allows one to set aside tenant's deposit money in a separate account that earn decent interest and is landlord friendly.

What Melanie is referring to here is stepped up basis rules that allow you to take the FMV at date of death or at 6 months after death.

We have a king bedroom with a garden view reserved from October 5th to 9th.