Real wholesaling is buying something in bulk and or for a middleman’s price and then reselling at a retail price.

I'm a business owner with investments in retail, media, and addiction treatment facilities.

To give the appearance oflegitimacy to ORES transactions, Van Gundy used identification numbers of mobile homes owned2 Some of the notes contained only the GMHI logo but made multiple references to ORES and Van Gundy.Case 5:23-cv-00700 Document 1 Filed 05/31/23 Page 8 of 219by other mobile home retailers, presenting them to investors as mobile homes that ORESpurportedly bought through investor funding

While these contractors are certainly out there, in my experience they also tend to be the ones that work with home owners directly and charge "retail" prices, not "investor" prices.I would shop around with lenders to understand how they work with their loans.  

If you're going to a bank, you'll want to look for a smaller, community bank that has a history of lending on retail centers and multi-family...what they call "CRE" lending vs the owner-occupied "C&I" lending.

Understanding my customer, I bought similar properties to what they were currently renting.This strategy is similar to how national retail chains operate: identify your target customers and provide what they want.

In particular, OO does not have vacancy or PM and typically has cheaper maintenance/cap ex than the landlord would experience.https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/its-now-officially-cheap...if you use realistic expenses, purchase at retail (off MLS) without a value add, you will have negative cash flow on virtually any purchase.  

Years ago it was a thriving commercial retail area, but has since fallen into disrepair. 

However it appears you have no value add and are not purchasing below retail.  

prices are high, interest rates are high, there is tremendous demand for inventory by both retail / primary buyers and investors, good contractors are booked up, some materials are still expensive. ' can't we just be honest that (1) if you are in a strong financial position, then yes, RE is still a good investment and ALSO  (2) it's way more difficult than it was in 2016?