If you decided to replace the carpet and paint the exterior after having it listed for 5 months, what other basic cosmetic upgrades are you neglecting to do (new carpet is seems like a no-brainer BEFORE the house gets listed for sale)?

Then the LLC is likely a no brainer: yes.

This might be a no brainer, but here goes anyway.As a beginner is it ever too early to begin visiting properties to gain some exposure and experience?  

If I had to drive them all over creation it would be a no go on a maybe. 

So roughly double the 7% investment... sounds like a no brainer?

I am under contract to buy a HUD home as an O/O.

Wholesaling is NOT an industry, it is providing a service in real estate.Real estate agents can make really good money, but they do so under legal and ethical constraints at a commission level that has a very long standing in the industry.Another aspect to setting fees is the financial risk taken by the entrepreneur, do they have real money invested, placed at risk, or are they simply a no skin in the game transaction facilitator, like an agent?

I talk to sellers with the intention of putting together a lease option agreement where they pick the price, and they pick the rent, and I simply assign my interest and collect an assignment fee. The problem is that m...

@Chris FarrugiaYou are in a no win situation. 

Sounds like a no brainer to get your foot in the door.