I know when I was an active Broker my SOP  was get listing open escrow with buyer to be determined and order the preliminary title report prior to spending money on marketing someones property..

Just like many of the comments I want to do RE so I can spend more time with the kiddos..

.- Institutional Capital & Private Equity: By moving from hard money to institutional financing, you can secure larger credit lines with better terms.

There is a lot of information on BP regarding being a private lender and outside groups taht have a lot of support in this space.

I am a private lender here in Atlanta.

We're spending so much money...this better work feeling."

The successful wholesalers spend $10k + monthly on marketing3.

Based on what my real estate agent thinks that this quote will be, roughly, and the after repair value, it looks like I could buy this property in cash, spend a month or two fixing the damage, and then put a mortgage for roughly 1.6x what I paid for it and thus have a cash flowing property at a few hundred dollars per month and a little more money in my bank account ready for a down payment on the next deal.

Like @Chris Seveney said, private lending is a great way to go as well.  

Could these waits be mitigated by going the hard/private money route?