Giving them a listing that speaks to their needs, in their language pushes you to the top of their list.One last caveat I always add to people not finding residents through ff.com. 

@Nathaniel C. that's a great question and it shows you're planning smart by thinking ahead about the tax implications.

Throw in a dose of imposter syndrome and fatalism and you have a recipe for some mood swings right before a property is booked again.From a practical point, I would recommend great photos, a clearly defined target to whom you are advertising and understanding the best pricing of an area really well to ake sure you get booked in a timely fashion.From a more meta perspective, be aware that these listings don't typically get booked well in advance (families displaced by flood or fire, traveling nurses who need a new contract ASAP, and construction projects that realize they need a speciality engineer on-site RIGHT NOW don't book ahead). 

The investor also had no backup plan, and it was clear they hadn’t considered the potential risk if this failed - they just said "we would foreclose" - which if they did would (at best) provide single digit return...It gets even better, if they did get the borrower to follow their exit strategy, they would make around 13%...Here’s the problem: The gurus often make note investing sound like it’s just a game of persuasion, telling you it’s "easy" to get borrowers to agree to anything if you push the right buttons.

Additionally, if I successfully am able to secure the property (again, seems like this is a must) then should I just keep pushing through the renovation to try and break even on the flip?

Now you’re ahead of 98%Do NOT give up on your idea.  

By telling everyone to wholesale to become an investor, you are just pushing them down a path of projected failure."

Don't be discouraged if there is a lot of push back from sellers or agents at first, many of them aren't familiar with seller finance deals or have situations that can't be solved with seller financing (for example, as was mentioned above, they may need a more conventional offer to pay off their house and buy another one).

When you are the money and they are the work, they can add up their construction costs higher to push more to their side without you knowing.You are really saying you would like to be a lender on someone's project.

They all push ‘flipping” houses, and the ability to do so with “no cash or credit”.