What's In It For the Seller?

[John Woodman]

OK, so at this point I'm a newbie.

My orientation is to want to put together deals that are a "win" for everybody involved. When you are talking about wholesaling, wholesaling by definition involves buying properties at a significant discount over what the property may later be sold for.

So I am trying to understand: What's in it for the seller? I know there are personal situations such as financial crunches and divorces, where one simply wants to get rid of the property. And there are other situations such as out of state owners where a person is busy, may have inherited the property, may not be able to manage it...

In any event, I am trying to understand what these situations are, and what's in it for the seller. I am also trying to get an idea for the real extent to which wholesaling can be a "win" for the seller as well as the buyer. Or is it simply a game which isn't really going to go that well for the seller most of the time?