If they take time to educate you on commercial loans and have a genuine interest, it may be a good fit.

I could tell he was genuinely interested in helping me get started.

Not saying "you're wrong" with either, but am genuinely curious about the advantages you are seeing with these choices.  

Who knows, maybe I'll go down that road again in the future.I would be genuinely curious who wholesalers (new or old) react if someone (i.e. a potential buyer) tells them that their ARV, rehab cost, or projected post-rehab rent values are materially skewed. 

Looking for genuine help on some alternative solutions on what I can do… thank you.

Although much appreciated the genuine attempt to help me, it was the biggest mistake I made in my career as an investor. [$2000 - $3000 /month]7) Drive said paid traffic to your credible website WHILE you focus on SEO (to start generating free actually motivated seller leads)8) In about 3 weeks to 1.5 months you should see a steady flow of leads coming in9) If you did a good job with your ad targeting, these leads should make you about $20K to $30K the first few months10) Now you hire an acquisitions manager and a receptionist [$4K to $7K/month] but you don't feel it because you are making about $20K/month11) With these people in place, now you can scale to double the deal flow, so you are now at $40K to $60K/month12) Now you triple your marketing budget13) Scale income even more.14) 3 to 5 months have passed since you started this and suddenly your first organic leads start to flow in.15) Now your profit/lead has doubled (organic leads are WAY better than paid leads)16) Now within 6 months you now make $100K+?

Its a great meeting to connect with other like minded individuals who are genuinely interested in sharing information and helping each others business.

I genuinely hope this helps.  

You should move forward with it and if it's genuine, people will gravitate to you automatically.

It is encouraging to know that there are genuinely friendly people on this site.