He was patient and transparent and a very friendly guy.

Since he is the executor he has the power to make all the discussions and so far some a very questionable since he's not being transparent.

Then everything is transparent with your seller, you and your end buyer.What also happens is that so many wholesalers don't have buyers, they assume they'll get something sold, they get a property under contract and NEVER have the intentions of following through and keeping their word with the seller, then go out marketing the property hoping to find a buyer.   

I have a question in my pre-screening process that states "My goal is to be profitable as a landlord and i'm fairly transparent about this.

The benefit here is not only convenience but also much lower administrative and legal costs.3) Real Estate Fraud will become much less commonReal estate fraud can be difficult to detect when it happens, and blockchain provides a way of making transactions transparent.

Heard transparent property management is charging 8% but idk how good any of them are.

I would recommend being 100% transparent with your investors and give them confidence in your ability to execute the business plan.  

However, no matter my best efforts to be transparent about the shared kitchen, baths, and laundry, people still didn't always get it. 

Yes, agreed it’s going to lose a lot of deals but the lack of transparency is why so many people get frustrated with wholesalers to begin with. 

Full transparency, my wife is concerned we're going to be "downgrading" substantially. (2) any thoughts on what are some of the areas outside SF which lend themselves nicely to what we are trying to accomplish?