The wholesaler told you what he had it under contract for, so he wasn't trying to hide it from you, so I respect the fact that you didn't just go around him. And I respect the fact that you told him what you would pay. The bottom line here is a deal is different for everyone. As a wholesaler I have gotten contracts that I believed were too high, but hey that is the name of the game, control the property. Realtors do it, and this sounds like a property that they would not have touched. Also I have seen some wholesalers that start high so they have room to negotiate down as some of you flippers like to do to the wholesaler. As a wholesaler I have finally got myself to where I can be picky about who I sell to and don't deal with bad buyers, but also respect the opinions of the good buyers. So either this person learns from what you said, or will fail by not learning what buyers are actually looking for and just trying to play the rip off artist, I hope they just learn, we don't need any other scammers in this industry