Sadly there is so little inventory that many are simply trying to last as long as possible and wait for the constable to tell them that the moving trucks are here for them. 

What's being pitched as wholesaling is simply illegal real estate brokering.

i used FHA for the first property so it may take me much longer to have enough money to buy the second since it wont be FHA but I don't want to wait several years. are there any other strategies to buy properties quicker or do I Simply just have to wait until I have enough cash?

Put simply...I've seen turnkey sales that were done terribly in terms of rehab, weren't in great locations, and had tenants that were paying over market rent (to make the numbers look good). 

That is a full-time business in itself so we simply pay to skip the line there. 4.)

. - patience is the key in this market right now, as many of the deals we've reviewed simply don't work. 

Since reserve studies attempt to forecast replacement costs of items over a 30 year period they are having to recalibrate since the reserves they are now using did not use the latest increase in construction costs.

How is this attempted by other, less informed, tax pros on the return?

There were 100% some rough years early on, to be certain, simply because it's hard to perfectly time the catching of a falling knife, but those that weathered the storm are sitting quite pretty today.

Within just HOURS I had more than $6500 in attempted bookings.