It would take some policing to keep it on topic but with some reasonable rules, it could be really interesting data and far more helpful than pure stats or outlets like City-Data that tend to be overrun with biased lurkers.  

Jay has a good point, it's an NPN craze and it is purely driven by brokers marketing, guruized programs and misconceptions of great returns.

The idea is pure BS, looking for sucker buyers.  

Most, if not all, sellers are purely self-interested people, so working on the angle of "What's in it for them?"

Not only is it like $20M (purely from my questionable memory) plus, the investor has to show past experience managing a portfolio of that size, and must keep them as rentals for a certain amount of time.

I'd probably go for it with a lot of help and advice along the way, but are there some deals that new wholesalers should just stay away from, purely because of lack of experience?

That transaction was very exciting and profitable.For years I've been studying the NYC and surrounding NY/NJ markets purely out of curiosity to learn more.

I'd treat this purely as a loan.

They shouldn't get a cut of the sales profit.Loans on houses you're living in are subject to more regulation than pure fix and flips.

Doesn't hurt to tell the person in the call center that you've got a balance transfer offer from XYZ Bank and wanted to see if they could match it since they're your preferred CC company.I used to do this when I was in college purely for arbitrage - borrow $10K and put it in a savings account at 3-5% interest.