Fix and flip for profit was kind of a no brainer since I could do all the work myself.

:Before you go too deep into the process, look at how long the period of time is for the system to recover its cost from operational profit. 

Eventually she just sold the contract for $50k cash (all profit to her) when the RV park sold.  

Maybe partner up with a local flipper on the renovation, split the profits after the sell and move on.

What we found was only one other person contracted under $200 per square foot for clients and they also built within the city of columbus. the numbers have a much higher premium the closer you get to downtown. if you can't get the numbers to work my recommendation would be to get closer to downtown. we do build to rent development and single family home development and every line item is broken out. on the triples we have to build exterior staircases etc there are some things you can't really understand unless you build a lot. hope that helps but no one is going to build you for 110 a square foot. the lowest cost homes in our market at cost without a profit barely dip into 140 a square and we are in one of the cheapest construction markets and states in the country. 

A growing income stream is worth more--so I'd like to see growth so that there is a path to profit. 

We had to enter in holding costs, holding time (time value of the money), ARVs, rehab costs, a contingency reserve (a little extra to cover unforseen stuff), a reasonable profit margin, etc to get to a "Strike Price" as we call it.

much better. we build a stacked triplex in Columbus Ohio and our costs drop significantly to $130k a door on a stick framed with profit in the urban core.

At times you can profit $40-50K.

And how is wholesaling brokering given; Wholesalers are engaging in contract trading for a profit margin(arbitrage) and brokers are providing professional services, facilitating transactions for a commission while obligated to act in clients’ best interests?