@scott @Scott Gombar welcome to BP and here's a post on 2 ways to stand out as a wholesaler dealer: http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4430/blog_posts/32194-attention-wholesalers-2-ways-to-stand-out-from-your-competition

Your worst case scenario is selling to a dealer for 70% of Blue Book.

I personally do not know if there are any legal roadblocks to what he suggested or if it may simply be an ethics issue.He is currently a licensed insurance dealer, I plan on obtaining my real estate license this year.

The judge threw him out of court before he could present his case, saying "drug dealers wear white T-Shirts" and he would not allow that in his court room.

Now, I do most investors like to stick it to buyers while smiling perhaps saying a prayer with them as you have them sign and do their best to tell themselves they are honest dealers, but don't snow newbies.

Flipping X houses shows your intent to be a real estate dealer and your status will indeed be that of a RE dealer.

Real estate is kind of like playing poker, except we get to stack the deck in our favor, look at the dealer's hand, only place our bets when we are almost 100% sure we are going to win, decide how much of the pot we want to take, and there isn't a ante to sit at the table and not play for a few hands.

Any recommendations for tiny log cabin dealers?

I really hated to think of it but it kinda sounded like what a car dealer would do, asking what payment can you afford and then doing the deal that way, instead of starting with the selling price and working off that.

I recently acquired Irish citizenship (also a U.S.