I don't get into pissing matches online. 

That is true for maybe 1 percent or less of the wholesalers who try it.When you are new and you ask for a wholesale mentor online, you are going to get every pitch, course, guru sell that there is.

If you have never done this as a full time business I will throw caution to the wind it is not as easy or as profitable as online forums make it out to be, and if you need money for living this probably is not going to sustain your lifestyle for the first several years. 

Market exposure- what is the existing density of the rental units, what is the potential existing market, what competition is coming online?

It is hard to get information on performance online. 

Not sure if you were looking for a long-term hold on a two family, but it seems that was not playing out favorably for you. 

If they had not found the deal or participated at all, you would not owe them anything since it was off-market and they didn't play a role. 

The operator's track record may not align with your goals (you are long term cash flow play, they are sell and redeploy, or vice versa).  

MTR is more of a convenience and less of an amenity play.

I’m just trying to play it as safe as possible considering it’s been vacant for so long and I have no idea the condition in which the previous owner left things.