Hunger finally got the best of him and found him with a broken nose later on.

And that would mean turning their noses up at the millions in additional tax revenue from the 6%  "bed tax" on transient rentals that the STR boom has produced. 

@Will Fraser Long time no see. 

:lol: I nearly shot coffee out of my nose in Panera reading this....lol....

You are going to own the property for awhile and getting into a mediocre deal makes it harder to get out of it when the better deal inevitably passes under your nose shortly thereafter.Best of luck with your investing.Ryan

I was running at a pace of adding exactly one house a month over the past 3 years (36 on the nose from 1/14 to 12/16).  

They are very well networked; they know who wants to buy what, and where; and they close so many deals monthly (some daily) that you wouldn't believe it.These deals rarely fall apart because the wholesaler can't find an end buyer... they fall apart because the seller is way upside down with judgment liens, water liens or huge tax sale payoffs.Every time I come to a wholesaler thread, there you are thumbing your nose at investors who use this method to make serious cash.

@Marno Fourie - IMO, the post by @Jason Malyon and the 2nd paragraph by @Charl Ellis pretty much hit it on the nose.

They want results, and you've got to have the nose for it.

At least Arizona has jobs other than hospitality and entertainment that tend to nose dive when people have to pinch pennies.