Not to mention the taxes are ridiculously high down there so watch out for the tax man as well on this type of deal....    

By doing it yourself, you are much closer to mastery (I think the final test of mastery is teaching someone else) and I think falls somewhere in line with the the old "catch a man a fish..." lesson. 

Like it or not, a wholesaler is nothing more than a straw man, a middle man, acting in the same manner as a real estate agent.

. - Sure man.  As

this is awesome another area that will be full of foreclosures in the next 2-3 yearsill make sure I'm set up to buy all those beat up run down properties that the squatters destroyyou can give a man a fish but that doesn't mean he will learn to fish- get itI hope the government dumbs em down so bad that they will all need my housing- its not going to be cheapenjoy

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

Im sure you heard the chinese proverb: You give a poor man a fish and you feed him for a day.

Freedom from (the man, a job, etc) is true freedom.

As the homeowner you can simply advertise your property as a Lease to Own in Craigslist or a similar publication and achieve the same without the middle man.  A

Not enough evidence to win the case my man. A