Hard money should be in your lending arsenal.

However, none of these strategies are a substitute for being sufficiently educated about the value of the property you are trying to acquire.The only way to know that you’re getting a good deal is to go in with a full arsenal of information.

I like to have as many tools in my arsenal to see what will make it a good deal. 

Kory,I was one of the two other Corey's that met you over at that bombed-out shell of a place on arsenal - at least I assume it was you, I'm not sure how many other Corey/Korys there could be in the real estate game.

It may be 9 years old, but it certainly has more than 2 responses, longest running thread on BP I believe. https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/58383-the-truth-about-wholesaling-Setting my arsenal to the side, the problem with wholesaling is not the strategy, it is the people doing it.

I believe your words that he is good at managing Adwords and other supplimental online channels, but how big would his key word arsenal (and negative keywords) be compared to an ad agency that only focuses on wholesalers and developers? 

Get an arsenal of real estate lenders for deals that show up and need fast money.

You have to remember, the data should only be one tool in your complete arsenal.

I do this type of thing for a living and I would build and arsenal of contractors or better yet one contractor to do it all.

@Benjamin Manibog the HELOC is one of the best tools we have in our arsenal.