Quote from @Randall E Collins: I have properties for wholesale, cannot locate investors in my area, WHY?? 

Will allow you to handle flipsIt does so much that it is worth its weight in gold.  

I am trying to figure out if this setup would be treated as a substantial service subject to schedule C, or if I could use Schedule E.

Your mentality goes hand in hand from what I learned in the E-myth book"building a network and a team of professionals to help me (property managers, agents, lenders, mortgage brokers, insurance guys, etc.); and training/teaching them to basically do most of the work for me."

Typically with a property this size you require the schedule E tax transcripts of the seller from the IRS.

I pitched this idea to another E-5 that just moved out here and doesn't have an apartment yet.

The first person gave me a 200$ deposit via e-transfer after I told her we accepted her application.

Let me know if I can add you to my buyers list, if so, message me your # and e-mail.

My personal credit is nearing 800, and our businesses have established relationships with several banks' commercial departments where all of the financial responsibilities have been met over time on our part, but I didn't know if ultimately, an entity could have an independent credit rating.I have an account at a local lumber yard that reports to Dunn and Bradstreet, but upon further research, Dunn and Bradstreet didn't appear to hold much weight from the brief digging that I did.  

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