i will be writing an article on this very issue in the near future:"Why I believe its crazy to ask agents to negotiate their own commissions when wholesaling"Long title, i know im still working on that part.In my experience i have found  that paying agents commissions with in my sales price has concluded  in more closed deals then asking an agent to negotiate with their buyer to pay the agents commission.

How did you conclude that an absolute elevation of 130 inches will lower your risk of flooding?  

All meth clean up concluded.

Yeah, I am starting to conclude that pulling it out now without a concrete plan of how to re invest it is leaving too many unknowns and restricting my flexibility too much. 

But if you can provide numbers that are close to what they will also conclude, you build your credibility.How do you know if it's a fair price?

E.g. you might conclude Houston is your preferred market but if you can only develop relationships in Dallas/San Antonio then you SOL. 

A follow up to that questions- has the numbers worked and would you mind sharing what your analysis concluded?

I'm in preliminary stages of research so I drew those numbers from comps I found online and my sister-in-law's experience of recently living two blocks away.Allowing for a 10% vacancy rate, I conclude that the overall gross monthly income is $4815.  

I have since concluded that I prefer the investment side, but want to maintain my license for the privileges it affords me.

However, if you have grossed-up your payments, in addition to paying bi-weekly, your monthly debt service may be sufficiently large the bank has concluded you could not service more than another 100K of debt.If you are planning to make a conventional purchase (LTV <=80%) you will get more cooperation from the banks ... thought some my try to convince you to ensure it even with a downpayment of 20-25% {ignore them}.