Sale price: $525,000 I bought this land, built a duplex on it and sold it.

Back then I really wanted to invest into real estate and I did value the knowledge of experts but the sales pitch made me think that my upfront 20k sacrifice would be repaid in a sequential frequency of wholesale deals based on claims of previous students with successful deals, thus reasoning it sequentially.

I’m not looking in NN or Hampton too much just because I’m not familiar with those cities but I have lived in Norfolk, VB, Portsmouth, and now Suffolk and they are all great cities with great opportunities.

Plus the Packwood town garage sale!

They will not get the professional representation and will likely waste more time and lose out on more opportunities.

There's still opportunities within this space, but you will have to focus on properties that possess the characteristics I noted above, not the clearly marketed opportunities. 

Purchase price: $220,000 Sale price: $260,000 Tenant occupied fix and flip in West Valley City with an estimated ARV of $430,000 How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

Purchase price: $160,000 Sale price: $180,000 Fully gutted duplex that ended up being a great deal for the buyer.

Escrow or settlement can also vary a little bit but it's all the and a' fees that vary: CPL, deeds, HOA docs, any special lender requests, troubled payoffs, insurance documents...A $200000 purchase with $175000 loan here is general estimate :  Buyer $714  Seller $1073 Going smaller sale price won't reduce the costs much as some fees are minimum floors.

But yeah, but for one, I don't think the agents I am in touch with are that helpful and geared toward working with investors or willing to share good deals with foreigners/people they don't know.Good to read that you're able to find adequate opportunities.