They seem mostly suited for off-site wall segments production and I have to wonder about the economic viability in real-world projects. 

Most states require you to be licensed to perform a wholesale deal in which you negotiate a contract, market that property and contract and then assign it for a fee.

Welcome to the site.

Long story short, my portfolio's equity has grown to the point where the return on equity is so low that it has forced me to consider selling my 14 unit apartment building. 4 years ago when I bought this property for 445k and I dumped in 200k and has performed incredibly well and rents have grown, the building is now worth around 1.1M.

By self-managing I know which of my properties are problem children and which are my star performers.

Joseph,Bigger Pockets is the best site on the internet to build a newtork and get all the hlep you need to avoid mistakes and save money! 

He has two performing parks already in Nebraska. 

Has anyone purchased homes off of auction sites or even in person?

So the question for her to decide is do I want to continue investing my retirement in wall street or do I want to move some/all the funds into alternative assets like real estate that can far out perform the stock market.   

thanks for that so is 1.5% bad bc that's what that person messaged me  there is no regulation on Transactional funding basically its whatever you can negotiate.. 1% is the going rate from most.. some will be higher some will be lower.. just google around for TF funding and and talk to a number of those funders to find your best deal.there are half a dozen of these folks or so on BP that do provide this service maybe they will catch this thread or maybe you do some snooping around on the site and find them.