Using the data info gathered from the buyers you met with, set up your marketing plan to meet their needs and that should get you started faster and make your business exponentially better than other wholesalers.  

Your initial financial commitment could be higher (vs. house hacking in New York) since you'll need 20-40% of the purchase price for inspections, down payment, closing costs, repairs, reserves, travel (assuming you'll visit the property), etc.Great advice from @Jeff Roth and @Elealeh Fulmaran regarding licensure and setting goals for daily contacts and deal analyses. 

Hotels are famous for this listing a lower daily rate and adding “resort”, “facility”, “prime”, “extra person”, “access” fees, etc.

I talk to investors daily, and the biggest obstacles I’m hearing are:Appraisal delaysHigher down paymentsComp-heavy marketsStacked offers requiring fast closesWhat about you?

Revenue against cost is better with less risk and simplified construction plan.

Price: $275kProperty Type: Fully Furnished Townhome STR / MTRBedrooms/Baths: 3BD 2BA  (often rented as 4BD to contractors with rollaway full bed and  full bathroom in basement)Sq Ft: 1500 incl basementOccupancy Rate (Last 12 Months): 70%Average Daily Rate (ADR): $175Monthly Gross Revenue: $3500 – $4800Net Cash Flow: $3000-4300/month on current operations📍 LocationLocated in Baltimore 21220, minutes from major hospitals, Amazon distribution centers, Lockheed Martin, and key corporate employers.

Pick one asset focus in your market (small multis or SFRs), define a tight buy box, and run a daily noise-to-numbers pipeline: pull listings, auto-scrape key fields, flag comps, and output a quick pass/fail so you can underwrite 5–10 a day and make offers.

We would want to run multiple scenarios to compare your options so you can plan accordingly.I'm with a brokerage and can shop lenders for you and all the different products that would fit your current financials. 

With good planning, a clear agreement, and realistic numbers, this first flip could become the blueprint for a great investing career.

My wife and I have very different understandings of money and of debt and of risk, but we have conversations and spreadsheets and sheets of paper with math and 'business plans' and we make decisions together.