How do you define a successful man? A

I considered this man as a reputable teacher.

It's not a character flaw at all, i can certainly respect a poor man as well as a rich one, in fact, the poor man has a better chance of gaining my respect than many rich men I know!

Hence why I decided that you are a con man, a charlatan, and are attempting to obtain leads. 

@Jason Eyerly I spoke metaphorically when I said "take it like a man" as opposed to acting like a weasel or a snake to dupe some unsuspecting "buyer" to overcome a loss.

This brings me back to another excerpt from this book I'm reading called The University of Success, and in this little passage there was a short story about a man. A

. :) "Give a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach him how to fish and he eats forever."

Oh man, a business owner never wants to hear that.  

A true wholesaler will add value in that they locate and contract a deal with a spread even larger than what a rehabber needs so that there is room to mark it up for their fee and still deliver it to the rehab buyer with a spread that makes sense.My advice to you is to spend more of your time forming relationships with those who can get you deals (REO brokers, short sale list agents, etc) and get the deals directly on your own, skipping the middle man. As

I learned to be a man as a teenager through books.