Why be a wholesaler?

[Andrew Neal]

I see SO many posts from newbies who want to become wholesalers and I don't really understand why. I can make the obvious assumption that many of them have seen the guru ads who make it sound like shooting fish in a barrel and believe it will be an easy way to become an investor without money.

As illustrated many times before from a wide range of experienced investors the path to a successful wholesale business requires a good amount of capital to spend on marketing which most newbies do not account for. 

Seems to me a lot of big players spend 6 figures per month on sophisticated marketing campaigns and dominate the market with another smaller group who do a few deals a year followed by about 90% of "wholesalers" who don't do anything.

So I'm curious, why wholesaling?