It seems like the majority of the backlash against wholesaling here is because of the common techniques being used (and pushed by "gurus") below: Spammy marketing methods - SMS, cold calls, and RVMs Underqualified people - a VA or someone who just took a course Poor data - a shotgun approach instead of contacting potentially motivated sellersSpammy texts and wholesaling are not mutually exclusive.

The funds are buying heavily, using the MLS here, online with Google PPC and off-market marketing techniques (direct mail). 

Bertrand Russell wrote a good piece called "In Praise of Idleness" (being a history PhD, you probably know it), which (if you ignore the socialistic leanings) really hits at the heart of the matter, and this was in 1932 - continual improvements in technology and technique will change the nature of work, and we will eventually either have to get to a place where we accept the 4 hour workweek (yes, this is where Tim Ferris got the idea) or there will be a large group of people that will be permanently unemployed.

Your goal setting techniques are ideas I plan to implement as I'm just getting started on my on my real estate journey.

His ever-present laugh and his funny stories make his techniques memorable.

That's wild.Anybody local here to Pittsburgh trying to do this for Allegheny County to check on this technique, the four school districts according to Niche are:Fox ChapelMt.

Quote from @Robert Walden: [Note:  this inquiry was originally posted under the "Creative Real Estate Financing - Toledo, Ohio" Forum category (under a related title), but without any response.]I'm exploring a creative financing technique for a Fix-and-Hold where:a.

Do the thing that's appropriate for your level of experience, do the thing that you're likely to succeed at first, and then gradually move up to slightly more and more advanced techniques... but, to quote South Park: if you try to ski a double black diamond without first mastering the green circles, then the blue squares, and then the black diamonds, "you're gunna have a bad tiiiiime". 

They are taught a technique to run comps but unless they have done thousands of deals within a very small fluctuation of being correct/incorrect on proven resale values, then I would have a hard time putting my hard earned cash against their value. 

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