You're losing either a month's rent or time to beef up the place, whatever your plan is.In any case: always get everything involved with such a transaction in writing!

I think lenders would have the biggest beef with it. 

Cash flow will always be a by product of how much you put down, the purchase price, and the amount of rent you are getting.

How about beef?

and any time people say run.. my radar goes up.. usually some beef that is specific to them not the company..  

Luckily both our jobs are ok with this and cost of living there is So much less than here in Denver- so we hope it will beef up our savings so we can finally get rolling with real estate.

I don't mind making that claim as I know the market well enough to know there is more cash (if I needed to raise it), then deals that would come my way.But I don't have any desire to get into a comment beef so I'll simply wish you the best of luck in your own business and leave it at that.

An inspector spotted 3 mailboxes, thought he found an illegal 3 family in a 2 family zone.The city's beef was I didn't get a permit to do it, the complaint read "basement not in accordance to plans".

My biggest beef with these companies is that it's not about the product, it's about the business structure.

There is no easy path to starting REI and difficult paths will lead to the biggest opportunity.If you are using wholesaling to get into buy and hold real estate investing; I would start with a narrow focus on low down opportunities for yourself and let the wholesaling be a by product of your own acquisition process.Do some research into the subject to process and reach out to other local investors here and by attending networking events.