There will most likely be other cryptos that serve other functions but I would be very surprised to see anyone take this over from bitcoin (not is anyone else really contending).

According to this NYT article "It can cost as much as $10.5 million for a title-contending starting offense and defense in the new Power Four conferences."

Are all posts going into dirt or are they patios/concrete anchoring to contend with?  

If you default, the government agency backing the loan may contend you never intended to live there, hard to prove, and you may not have all the default protections an owner / occupied loan has.

I'd contend there are no "real" wholesalers in Raleigh.

After a few weeks of market research, we have narrowed our search to three cities with Murfreesboro, TN as a strong contender. 

Joshua you are in the ring and all of my respect goes to you, the contender, but, I dont think anybody who is knowledgable and a regular contributor needs their numbers to drop.

Regardless of the back and forth, I still contend that for building a "buyer's list", you have much better options out there, why go down the bandit sign road if you don't have to!

California is such a vast state, that there are pockets where wholesaling is very profitable, and areas such as Orange County, where there are very few opportunities for salers from what I see.As for working as an agent, there's still a tight real estate market to contend with, so the deals aren't just falling in anyones lap, so .. what's the wholesale market where you live, and the traditional market that agents work?

You may also have your state regs to contend with besides Dodd-Frank.