I have nothing nice to say....I have yet to see a wholesale transaction where the seller really understood he/she was leaving significant money on the table.

- If the settlement amount, plus what they can walk away with at the closing table is to their liking, would they consider selling? 

Long term, I would like to just keep buying and holding, I would like my W2 job to be a supplemental income with my real focus being in real estate, and if I do decide to quit my job, that will hopefully be a realistic option on the table. 

I am hungry to learn and can definitely bring a lot to the table to aid you having a vast electrical/mechanical background. 

I understand that New York is a "lawyer closing state" and that the lawyers are intimately involved in every step of the process and that they generate an abstract of title before the closing, which apparently goes back to the time of the French-Indian Wars.The lawyer we retained to handle the sale will charge $750 for the abstract search and claims it will take 6 weeks to complete.

As Brent, Mike and Doug point out if he sells with a realtor he gets nothing and may have to come to the table with $. 

My husband has stable job for over 10 years, but makes about 30% more doing side jobs under the table.

You're right that I'm leaving money on the table, but in practice it doesn't matter because there are more of the deals I want to do than I have time to do anyway.

@Malia Irvine Look for other investors and find a way to bring value to the table.

Not really my first choice, but it's an option on the table.