In your opinion was the purchase worth the time and effort?

So, unless you have secret info the rest of the economy doesn't have, waiting won't solve much.You should look into hiring a Property Management Company that can help you source potential purchase, or at least screen properties you find, handle RentReady repairs and then find a tenant.

In my several decades of investing I have found that purchasing with cash flow as the number one goal and the secret to success in real estate.

@Rahdia Green I would not tell someone they can do this without a car just like I would not tell someone they can do this without money or risk. or effort.

Secret sauce, please!

--Sometimes my first message (if they seem more serious and put a little effort into their first response): I saw your inquiry for my house at {{address}}.

There is so much that can go unexpectedly wrong that having cash-on-hand will be a huge resource and the best way to not dig yourself into a financial disaster of having no money to pre-fund draw payments to keep renovation efforts going.

With that said, this is a long game and the ones who are successful are the ones who consistently put the effort in over time. 

Do NOT take action until you have a solid plan.Do not go driving for dollars just because most people tell you to do so, and because you need to take action.If you really want to take action you do this.1) Do research on all the lead generation strategies you can think of and put them in an excel spreadsheet.2) Find out what the cost /deal is.3) Find out what the Cognitive cost/deal is4) Pick the right method based on point 2, and 3, that works for you.5) Save up money till you have they (monetary) Cost/deal x a factor of safety around 1.5 6) THEN spend money/effort getting deals.No matter what the heck you do, if you do not start with these 6 steps you ARE WINGING IT!!!

She may have "assumed" that you didn't know how to run comps, build a buyers list, etc but seeing how you didn't know that a lead list would include off-market properties, it's safe to assume you have some larger holes in your knowledge base that you should address before spending money on marketing efforts...Youtubers like Max Maxwell, Brent Daniels, Sean Terry ALL provide good information but also can't explain the important details of wholesaling in a quick video.