I'm agree that cost of doing such work during the rehab does more harm than good, the initial cost savings is there but once I factor in the opportunity cost of missing other deals or doing it Instead of more important task then the savings is a negative.

In this scenario, is the wholesaler "harming" the owner?  

@Michael Gayer Jr, no harm in asking.

If you want to know what happened, why not pick up the phone, call the listing agent, and ask ... they may not tell you, but no harm in asking, right?

1) likely no harm in waiting 30 days or so, since they're over priced2) most FSBO's are open to working with a buyer's agent, particularly if it's been listed for a few weeks or so.

So, before you go drafting your own version you should confirm you're not doing yourself more harm than good.

I'd say there's no harm in placing a bid.

However, there's no harm in multi-tasking either.

I lived on the streets for 20 months and you'd be surprised at how many things in our lives drain our resources while causing us long-term harm.

~~~~~~~~~When you and several of your elite friends gather borrowed capital to "buy" yourselves a Castle Hideout, you'll probably end up hiding out in some cabin where HUD subsidizes your payments instead.They'll be fine, as there are lots of Bankers, Attorneys, Gov't "leaders" & Stock Brokers in Ali Baba's 40-member "Private Clubs" - they'll find enough money to get to the James Boys' former hideout long enough for the heat to blow over.First they'll buy a Judge or two, then the games can begin in earnest to pre-market the story of the end of this club without harming a single "owner" in it except some hired hand who thought he was important for a while.