I would go with familiarity and ability to build relationships organically over pure numbers for a market.

You have every right to change your mind and decide not to rent to them purely because of personality - that is not a protected class - however if this is the sole reason for denying them when they were initially approved... you should return the holding deposit. 

I am afraid my advice wouldn't be pure and innocent enough. 

That sounds purely disgusting to most, and ecstasy to the few.

Thank you Here's an earlier thread (in which I referred to another thread) where I made the (unproven) point: Once you've used up your VA Loan limit - you can't have that VA loan limit reinstated purely by refinancing out of those loans - you would need to start SELLING first:- https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/61/topics/403...

If we were talking purely about the financial capability of the entire property it would be $3k-$3.3k ($1.2-1.5k for the unit I would be living in).

I'd like to learn along the way, so it would be great if the investor could be a bit of a mentor rather than expecting me to be a purely passive investor.To educate myself further, I have also been searching for affordable home-study courses that will help me understand non-performing 1sts and performing 1sts + selling partials better.

@James Taylor,My initial example was a pure exercise in what's possible based on what some people I know did in the past.

Should I even bother to say "I like the house, but only at x$" and leave it at that... some investor working purely cash could make her numbers fit... but not me with some interest cost... and not for my first deal... dont want to do anything too slim on the margins..I would really appreciate insight on how to approach wholesalers in this situation. 

It's just not anything that makes sense from a pure vandalism point of view.