I was thinking about adding an extra 10% to 20% to my emergency fund and property reserves and putting that into gold.Thoughts?

It is never refunded, as it’s usually a pass through tax paid by the guest (at least in my areas).

Right now capital is at a minimum and I’m improving credit so while I start saving money and networking with other investors, I’ve decided that whole-selling is probably my best bet to get a little extra cash in the bank account before I go buy a hold property.Anyway, I’m curious on a few things:What’s an average wholesale fee in California?

Nice idea and all, but to me, it sounds like just asking for extra work.

The projects are quite big as well, usually more than 20 containers total.

Those are best case scenario with expenses usually greatly reduced. 

  ( ok  this is a usual one but they usually decide before they put money out. )Applicant 4  Single mom (best one yet),  Mom discovered she had another kid. really! 

The flip is often located somewhere between six hundred and two thousand miles away from where they live, and they have more faith in their cell phone's power to set things right from afar than a revival preacher has in Jesus.They beat their chest for two days with self-congratulatory posts boasting about how their flip's certain to be a triumph of the will, usually because of their prior life experience, upbringing, or general mastery of the art of manliness. 

He is already pre-approved for an FHA loan maxed at 200k and he has extra cash im sure of maybe 5k-10k.

People "lose everything", when the market crashes - usually - do to financing.