Thanks @Matthew Irish-Jones, great advice!

Brian you seem to be very interested in treating people very fairly and really helping them and that's what I am all aboutMany wholesalers who have been taught " to step on people to make money "contact me because they want to help Sellers fix problems and develop a reputation for being fair and honestI had one of my students that was a wholesaler for five years and really hated it because he had to keep going back to the seller to push the price down because the cash buyer wanted to cheaper priceI look at the best way to get started in real estate is to get your license and solve problems for sellers and get testimonials on your website that you were honest and fair helping them solve their problemMy dad was a poor Irish second-generation in Boston and had no money when he was a kid and he became an orthopedic surgeonHe told me "do no harm" when I was a boyI think to me "the wholesaling fever pitch seminar racket" is "stepping on people to make money"An alternative to the "wholesaling only" model is to be able to "help sellers sell on terms verses for cash"Ron LeGrand in Tampa has said to his students get licensed because of the brokering laws in FLI really feel that people should just do the right thing in the beginning, learn every legal way to help people with real estate, and you'll develop a reputation for being a great fair business personif your licensed you can act as a principal and use creative techniques like subject to, lease-option assignment, wraparound mortgages, master lease options, master leases, whatever tool works for the situation

Originally posted by @Matthew Irish-Jones:@Joe Splitrock I own and run a professional management company and we use the cash for keys option. 

I had a half Lab, half Irish Setter as a kid and she loved the whole world.

@Matthew Irish-Jones I agree, at that point you could go into a bigger software/platform Buildium etc.

Originally posted by @Matthew Irish-Jones:Agents screen clients as well. 

@Matthew Irish-Jones I have never owned a home before.

To keep the Irish from ruling the world

Matthew Irish-Jones SFR’s in Monahans TX (1), Tahoka, TX (3), and I’ve been submitting offers in Lubbock TX, but so far no good.

When I quit I got trails and renewals for life, so at least it gave me a small income.However, I hung on for a year too long, got sick which cost me big time (un-diagnosed hemochromatosis - if you are Irish get tested), and then decided to go back to teaching to save the house and the family.