Your going to scare off applicants by trying to get heavy deposits

Additionally, these issues not only imposed a heavy financial burden but also a significant emotional and physical strain.

I've never heard of any conglomerates who focus on wholesaling but in San Diego, I know of a few companies that are heavy hitters.

Potentially it can be done, but these are super heavy lift to accomplish and I think doubly difficult to do if you are not there every day, you don't know the area well, and you have really big properties like these were. 

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The heavy price for DnB might be useful if I had something to start with.

But the heavy operational work is done by him.

@Ralphie Hernandez would a fix-heavy investment be a strategy for you?

How much of an issue are the heavy winters in terms of maintenance costs / upkeep? 

What you should know is that after Heavy Framing (Timber Framing) ended for most residential houses in the mid 1800s light framing was introduced as the availability to sawn dimensional (2x4) lumber was more readily available.