If the money you want at a certain cost ISNT available to you then you have a choice to make.

If it's empty and boarded up, it's just costing you money, so only real choices are:1) fix it and rent it2) sell itOtherwise the carrying costs are just adding up every month. 

Smart choice to join this group.

@Raman BindlishWelcome and BP is definitely one of the best choices you can make in the Real Estate Investing game.

Is absinthe my best choice to find wholesale deals or could I look into other avenues and if so which ones and are they better than absinthe when it comes to finding wholesale deals or does it depend and if it does what does it depend on?

So looking for alternative time investment opportunities, REI was the obvious choice.

You need to find deals that a bank can't say no.The last deal I did, I didn't even have to shop for a lender, the deal was good, the broker already ran it by the local bank, and they said they would do the deal in heartbeat....You find those deals, and the financing will come, probably even have multiple choices.

From what I have read, LLC seems to be the best choice.

Jeffrey Breglio All good choices.

So those are the two metros you chose off the list - pretty good choices.