Hello @Mark Schmidt, welcome to the community.1st - Once you have familiarized yourself with wholesaling, I would recommend starting with driving for dollars.

Can anyone recommend a short sales agent who is familiar with Jersey City?

Obviously it's not a light read, but I would send it over to your accountant/CPA to see if they are familiar with it. https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-trty/israel.pdfIf you wish, I can ask my investors friends to see if they have a CPA they can recommend.

I'm buying my first property in the area, and was wondering if there were some folks that are familiar with the area and could help me out on a couple of questions.

While I focus on residential and smaller multi familiar properties, there may be ways for our paths to cross and do business together.

I've never claimed wholesale income before and I am not familiar with the process.

I'm sure most of you are familiar with this book. 

Find some Real Estate professionals familiar with your neighborhood and pick their brain.

I am seeking a new investor friendly realtor in atlanta who is familiar with the atlanta market and can assist me in getting my first MFR..

Usually 5 to 6 percent depending on how larger the property is.Definitely an attorney is used who is familiar with covering the sale of businesses for the legal aspects of the transaction.