Or, alternatively, try and find a middle ground with your buyers agent:  "Let me pick 10 properties, show them all to me, I'll make offers on the ones that I think fit my criteria.  

Can anyone recommend any good wholesalers or alternative methods of finding deals in the current RE climate.

@Chris Lawson A little more old school alternative is a flush mounted ceiling fan.  

There are some programs that may allow alternate credit like utility bills, cell phone.  

I've written a few blogs you might find of interest as alternative to "traditional" real estate investing, which most folks I talk to migrate away from due to the extra hassles of managing their own properties, even if they have property management. https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/7993/48729-are...

Alternative Capital Solutions in Franklin, TN would be a good source.

I know there are several alternatives to this but I wanted people's input.

You can also do other alternative investments such as, private lending, private placements and many other things.

There are 3.5 million truck drivers in the US.

Canadians have a strong bias towards using Realtors and banks and generally don't know about the alternatives, so as a wholesaler there's not only the privacy issues, but a basic trust issue when asking a stranger to sell me their house.So Tiago, you suggest driving for dollars and just straight up knocking on those doors?