If you can, pot your buyer in and have them ready to buy, qualify them.

It is not a magical pot of investors. 

Or, Should I just wait and put money in as I close wholesale deals to fatten up the pot for later.I guess I'm confused on what I can do now w/this account to generate a return.?.?.?

That hurts your returns.With a pool, or a big enough pot of your own cash, like your friend, the lumpiness is reduced because a large portion of the cash is invested most of the time.  

There was never a dedication as to a park, it never was deeded to either the municipality or the HOA, there was no playground or park equipment on site, not even a park bench. 

Third: some bench seats, a couple of planters on the lower deck, some attractive ground plantings & decent handrails will make this look pretty nice. 

Because you have a pot full of them and not one by an owner occupant type deal, you are a vendor and you'll need to comply with the servicing requirements.

I'm going to look at a house today that was farmed out of my direct mail campaign. The seller is the owners daughter and she mentioned she was a realtor. I don't think we are too far off on price but I was thinking th...

With my contract I typically don't negotiate the price aggressively up front, I prefer to appease the sellers desire to met their individual pot of gold, and hold them to a lengthy due diligence period (120-180 days).

Second, this is just a good bench mark for landlords to help make sure tenants are going to have the ability to cover the rent payment.