Usually the only reason it did not sell is because of the unreasonable expectation by the seller of value.Market for properties in low income neighborhoods, look for vacant houses, send letters to non-occupant owners in those war zones, start with junk real estate, make offers to control them.

I would find the best multiplex in a non rent controled area.

Sounds like most investors are fragile in the common areas of reducing their take-out spending, driving older vehicles, and practice budgeting their finances very well.

@Stephen Loguidice, I'm not familiar with the New York inspector standards of practice, but here they are from the New York Licensing Website.

We had one applicant, but decided not to go with him because he said he couldn't control his son's smoking habits. 

I've helped about a dozen people in the past year house hack a duplex/triplex and am a big advocate of the practice since you can essentially live for free and someone else is paying down your mortgage. 

However after reading rich dad, poor dad, I feel I am letting the aspect of the money control me!

Ideally you want tenants on M2M to allow you better control over your property.

You can advertise you have a contract for sale.Get a sale and purchase agreement that can be legally assigned and sold for an 1 to 2% assignment feeIf you don't want the rehabber to know how much you paid for it, find transactional funding or get on title somehow with private lender funding or find a joint venture partner to provide funding or get on title with Hardmoney lender funding so that you can buy at first and then resell it.Illegal Wholesaling only means that you're not telling the truth to the seller, and you have no intention of ever buying it, hence the reasons for all of this loud noise about illegal wholesaling.Wholesaling is legal in every state as long as you follow good business practices.

You control it, you manage the investments but you don't have access to any benefits those investment provide until you start taking distributions at retirement.