money dont care

Even if they don't realize how much money you're costing them now, someone will tell them eventually and I don't think your canned wholesaling response is going to do much to repair the damage. 

We only needed to pay earnest money and a portion of the closing fees bring upfront investment to 12-15K.

If you're willing and able, I do recommend the "house hacking" strategy which is just a fancy name for buying a rental property and living in one of the units, because you'll get very favorable financing - an owner-occupied fixed-rate 30-year mortgage.I'd also say, analyze that property as if you won't live there and it's a pure rental, and make sure the property is still cash flow positive if there's a tenant in your unit because then you'll know if it's actually a good investment.And when you analyze it, include payment of a property manager in your #s because if you don't, and doing so would make it go cash flow negative, then you've just bought yourself a job because you literally can't step away from managing it without losing money.

I’m assuming that you save quite a bit of money.”

Is it hard money loans, angel investors, etc?

I'm personally making my exit - I never did assemble a team (it costs money for one, then you need the manpower and time to manage it).

private money lender How did you add value to the deal?

Purchase price: $125,000 Cash invested: $65,000 Sale price: $250,000 Wish I could have held onto it but needed the money to fund future deals What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

After that, the lender may use a private auctioneer to auction off the property and try to recoup as much money as possible.