Joshua Lyon : Not clear from your statement whether you knew ahead of time that this was an international wire transfer.This FDIC page may be a good start on what your protections are and what to do now in that case:https://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/news/cnsum13/sending-money-abroad.htmlIn any case, you should file a “complaint” with the FTC and request a cancellation of the transfer from the banking institution on your end (this will not get your money back, but it’s a step you need to take.)There was a lawsuit brought up by First American Title against a real estate agent who allegedly failed to secure his email account.

I am 26 and I am finally ready to take a step into real estate, and I have to say that it is quite intimidating.

Share your real estate goals and/or what are your next steps and we'll try to help you get there.Best!

First step is to talk to lender to see what you can afford (called a pre-approval) and look at all of the different low-down payment options. 

They were def slower for me too, but called me 3 days after I submitted the initial app (I did it twice actually).

I'm liking the BRRR strategy but would like to step up to multi-family. 

Initially in the sale I was under the impression he would be gone but that didn't pan out. 

Could anyone give a succinct step by step process of wholesaling?

We have less than 50K saved, haven't been saving long, but we're on step 6 in Dave Ramsey which means we're saving 15% each annually.Our choices were decrease saving, or take a one time hit.

Hopefully this ebook will help: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/jayhelms/file/10-step-guide-to-buying-and-holding-a-small-multi-family-rental-property