My question to you is why would you go under contract at market price when the house was on market for 100 days , in worse condition than comps , and aware it needed upgrades ? 

Most of my cold call leads convert to contracts within 60 - 120 days after we initially call them.

Youtube also has a lot of wholesaling videos with examples of contracts, marketing etc.

I'm not sure how this works when the seller of the property is listed on the contract.

Correct, you as the "lender" have to control the contract as the buyer.  

She had that one under contract but wanted to make sure that w saw this one.

In the latter I've found many wholesalers who get a client to sign a contract with little to no explanation, leaving the client in a bit of misunderstanding about the process. 

We do 90% of the work up front so there are no issues once a contract is executed.Is it difficult to get a lease in place if I still live in the home I plan to rent out?

I never could get a foothold into the NY wholesaling community because of the Atty involvement in contracts. 

houston is probably similar pricing to Columbus Ohio but way worse zoning laws. we take 20% on top as a GC and a guaranteed fee agreement. our contracted new construction projects recently:Single family new build spec home: 1513 square feet with 3 beds 2.5 baths 1 car attached $275000 approx $182 a square foot if calculated using heated square feet which means our cost is $145 a square foot. 3 unit / triplex new construction: 2008 square feet 2 bedrooms 1 bath per unit or total 6 bedrooms 3 bathrooms with 3 off street parking spaces. contracted build cost $395,000. no garage on this and better economies of scale with shared roof, slab, etc. $192 a square foot hard cost with our cost running approximately $157 a square foot.