Also, both tenants pay online now, rather than driving 30 miles into the previous management company location.

I'm sure my dad will cringe when I share with him my goal - all of his properties are within a 10-15 minute drive from his residence.  

It's very "pocket-y" here as you know so go out and drive around.

Let me tell you the other side of the coin, to all the new Realtors, when they head the word investor, is that you are going to visit 50 homes, and this is going to take you at least one week or more of all your afternoons, all this homes are worth 60K located probably 2 hours drive.

Also i am looking for any short sale opportunities that may be falling thru the cracks and need help.

Driving around I came across a few properties with online auction signs not active on the MLS. 

Any strategies, don't have much gas to drive for dollars much less drive to those counties.

I did pretty well with multifamily homes within 10 mins drive to the beach.

Since wholesaling is pretty much Sales (where instead of selling you're buying) what are the biggest objections homeowners have (apart from price) and how can I counter them. 

I then came in with an offer at 161K (Which is the address of the house, I acted like I was superstitious and that I wouldn't offer anything higher than that LOL) they counter offered with 169K & I came back in again with a hard 161K... and it was accepted!