The response rate is extremely low and it requires a lot of follow up in order to generate leads.

The pictures of your property are online and available to review for anyone.

@Luke Diamond You may have applied online which is not right way for investment property.

The online version of QB is too basic so don’t be tempted to save the money.

For now, I'm focusing on wholesale to help save up money to fund my first flip.From the research I have done I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I need to start my business or form a LLC (of course for a name, website, flyers, etc.) and to start putting in crazy amounts of leg work like driving for dollars and getting some leads together and started up in order to put together a profile to find potential cash buyers..Is there any advice you could give me that would help out with the beginning stages of starting up my wholesale business?

Like I said, you may have a point, that it is more work and leads to more issues, but the bottom line is, that is YOUR job to fix, not the investors/buyers/whomever... 

Tell her Ken Riedel says hey.This blog won't allow me to post her contact info, but you can find her online.

You could have ordered the appraisal earlier in the process....most people don’t want to spend the $500 until they know they are approved, but it usually leads to “we are just waiting on the appraisal”.

Looking to buy my 3rd rental, first time as a cash deal, and I'm starting to get leads from wholesalers. 

Yes, the property was foreclosed on 9 years ago, and since then has been purchased twice (we did some digging online to see what happened since the bank foreclosed on it.