good luck in your future endeavors Matt; I'm in Greenville NC and not in the landlord business!

But in any investing endeavor there is going to be some level of risk.

I think making good solid investment choices is the key to success_____________________________________________________Doug, you are absolutely right, if the basic assumption is that this endeavor as a business, but what if this is not a business but a retirement plan.

Good luck in your endeavors and if you decide you’d like the listings I ran, just PM me and I will gladly send them to you.

Hope this helps and best of luck in your endeavors.

The archetypal "bad wholesaler" is a person who overestimates value and underestimates repairs.It's true, wholesaling is a gateway endeavor for a lot of newbies and so it follows that they  (we) don't know a whole lot, especially at first, but this idea that gets floated around that you should become an expert at valuations in order to wholesale is ridiculous. 

What would be the best way to get going with this whole endeavor? 

The best we can do is learn, and use that experience in our next endeavor. 4.

I know the right person, so I will make an offer to them to join me in this endeavor.

I'll endeavor to be at the next one.