I don't see how anyone in my neck of the woods would be surprised to find out that wholesaling isn't legal.

Life is such a funny thing sometimes - and I'm right on the opposite side of the fence to some extent here; I'm not necessarily a "big gov't" or "small gov't" guy, but I am a "don't be an unreasonable pain in the *** gov't" guy, and at least in my neck of the woods permitting is a royal PITA for very low value.

On a landlording thread a guy advocates for illegal things, has no clue muscle isnt proper.

I live in your neck of the woods and have interest in the KC market. 

Oil is not common around my neck of the woods. 

Even when i get asked about being the owner i refer them to "well "(insert company)" owns the home" so they don't later on bottle neck me with resident questions or work. although i do find it true to have a longer retention rate when the resident has a small family owned business they are renting from rather than a huge corporate company.cheers,

My first “das auto” were 68,69,72, Chevelle SS’s acquired in the early 80’s and divested in the 90’s...currently own 3 honda accords all purchased used, the oldest is my reliable ol’ beater airport car with over 400,000 miles on her and still running “nominal”, my daily driver is a 2012 which was 2 years old w 30,000 miles on it when purchased for 50% of it’s original sticker $...My W2 income comes from being a “airborne truck driver” 😉 and additional income is from passive investments...In hindsight should have kept the muscle cars for a longer time frame then sell 2 and keep one for fun and pass it on to a family member after I’m dead and bloated...will keep the  hondas for many years to come, and then when the technology is there will pull the trigger on a ev self driver and let “jorge” do most of the driving...advice—-> “Keep your day job, mind your business” and if having a “nice” car is deemed beneficial to such...well then, I think a Tesla would be a good fit.

I believe all of these people are self-managing local investors running rentals in their neck of the woods, quietly working away on their growing portfolios.

If your using a student loan for your college you need to sit down and figure out if the education is worth the loan you'll have tied around your neck for half your life (or more).  

I'm in the midst myself of paying off our duplex in the next 3 years and then using the cash flow and my w-2 income to quickly save up another large down payment to buy more properties that aren't overpriced as they are now in my neck of the woods.