Weight that against the cost of just having someone come out there sooner, and you might find it's a wash. 

Machine trading can also magnify it.

@Mike Flora  I was at J Martins last Oakland event.. and Bruce Norris did the keynote and I sat with Sean at dinner.Bruce likes SFR and half the Q and A for him was exactly that when is the crash coming and how deep will it be.his comments now were geared towards west coast but I do believe they are germane in many markets.He feels a market is not heading down until 20 to 30% or more of MLS is foreclosure acitivty or short sales and in our area that boat has sailed.. there is very little of either.He did mention though that he felt MF was  to use his words  " FROTHY"  his statement was when he talks to other MF owners and ask them would you buy your property for what you could sell it for today or a like kind one.. it was a resounding NO.. which to him or his point was he felt it was over valued and at some risk for moving backwards.. and from my VERY limited knowledge on MF I suspect that only happens in an over build situation to many doors not enough renters and you have rental bonus wars..

The mortgage was very complex and handled by the now defunct WMC(of GE), infamous for using scissors and xerox machines to fake documents, and anything else imaginable to get mortgages approved.I believe it was something like a double mortgage to allow zero down payment, variable interest rate, and then went through a few re-assignments, with HSBC currently being the trustee of the note. 

.- Rates stay the same, it's a wash. - Rates go down, you refinance and harvest the cashflow improvement.

Should I use the capital I have to get the wholesaling machine started?

@Sherry Goettler Deal Machine is a pretty neat app.

Now, this guy had a great job, dressed in a suit all the time, but wasn't a very good tenant, was he? 

Was he living in a mansion?

If your highest tax bracket didn't change from one year to another,  it is pretty much a wash.