If it's a retail operation, park outside and get a look at the foot traffic. 

A property that is 70-80% of Retail value and then subtract out the repairs.

Out of 50+ deals I’ve completed this year, 1 was retail.

SFR at retail do not cash flow. 

I have been considering building a team in different markets to optimize my ROI thinking it may be slightly easier to locate a motivated seller that are not asking for retail.

I'm paying retail price because I found it on the MLS.  

But we really do try to help them get ready to buy our properties by connecting them with a mortgage company that helps repair their credit so they can get a loan.hope it all works.. my experience has been once someone leaves a home to get it retail ready is anywhere from 5 to 20k per house.selling above market is frowned upon and looked at as subprime and taking advantage.. but be that as it may. 

Conventional 30-year term, 30-year mortgage offer some of the best terms that a retail investor can get.

this happened to me in TExas on virtually every house we did there.. values rising to rapidly and and all your buyers VA FHA  who also need closing cost assistance.. tough place to do vanilla retail flips ..same with many areas of the country were values have been stagnate for years. 

Properties listed on the MLS in UT right now are selling to end buyers pretty much right at, or very close to list price - so it doesn't make sense for a seller to take a low offer from a wholesaler when there's a decent chance of a retail buyer coming in and paying market price.In order to find a deal that makes sense to a wholesaler with our current market conditions, an agent is going to spend a lot of time writing a lot of offers that are likely to get ignored, rejected, or heavily countered.