If I am in the seller's shoes, I'd want to control your ability to pre-pay the loan so you don't pre-pay and then I get hit with the tax bill but that is getting granular and can be worked out in the note agreement.

Make sure to take the time to prep the area, remove shoe molding etc prior sanding. 

If I were in your shoes, and I one point I was... first, I would listen to every podcast on here.

I was in your same shoes about 3 years ago and I wish I had known about BP then.

If I were in your shoes, I might sell and pay down any other debt I had to give me options down the road. 

Think about it, especially when the Fed has been printing money like a drunken counterfeiter. 38% inflation since 2003 is a serious factor, one that must be considered and used to overlay historical data.

Just place yourself in the investors shoes:  If he/she pays you per lead or per bundle (5, 10, 15 etc) how much are they worth if none of them pan out? 

If they were motivated they would have left a message.If I were in your shoes I'd go the voicemail route all the way and call the folks back when you get back from the office.  

Account Closed  I have never gone around anyone.... and with the deals I fund  its such small dollars its not worth my time and or effort.I have though been in the wholesaler shoes were I know darn well that the big 700 lbs gorilla would have been happy to see me not close on the lots I was flipping them..

I'm not sure this post constitutes jumping in feet first, but--like taking your shoes off before jumping in a lake--it seems like a prudent step that should first be taken.