My contractor is a skilled tradesman who won't beg me for work or give me discounts even though I told him I am an investor cry cry cry...

Keep in mind turnkey companies do get bulk discount from their subcontractors and vendors, some company pocket the discount for themselves, some company pass onto the discount to their customers and offer a great price.

This is still a huge discount over what a wholesaler would sell an equivalent house for in my market.

Sorry, I can see offering a discount for a limited time only, after which the price goes up to whatever the full cost is, but NO reputable seller/instructor is going to literally only give you a total of 10 minutes to make your decision.Sixth, depending on the market you are in, and the specific deals you find, $10,000 could be a ridiculously small finder's fee.

Because it is mostly cosmetic, the cost to remodel isn't horrible but you can still get the properties at a discounted rate.

In exchange for a reasonable discount of course. 

The portfolio is order to be sold and as we both know if you force a sell many times it means selling at a discount.  

Just a FYI be prepared for it to sell at a discount,Jay- I have seen people buying land notes for 12%-15% yield which is CRAZY and they are going to eventually lose their shirt once they go into default and the land value is repriced.Thank you for the info.

Real estate wholesalers buy contracts and then sell them to people who are interested in buying a property, usually at a discount.

PPR bought the non-performing notes at a discount, got them re-performing, are selling them to willing buyers and my understanding is they usually sell out immediately with over-bidding.