I also tend to be old-school, and I love to have some meaningful, conversation-sparking piece of art over the fireplace.

ASSUMING that the small operation has complete faith in the investor to KEEP ON providing a statistically meaningful portion of their yearly gross.

I've very recently sparked a little interest in wholesaling since it seems like a lucrative way to build capital for my buy and hold dreams.

... it's all just an thought experiment to spark some interesting conversation...

Everyone step away from the message boards and emails and get back to meaningful work.  

@Bill Gulley   Considering this is what sparked the debate and you were vehemently defending it..You accuse me of not reading properly.

Water was flowing in the laundry room, toilets and faucets leaked continually. 2 Ranges had elements missing because they ‘sparked’.

One spark and that place was going to blow.

@Josh Sparks You have never looked at our turnkey properties.

Basically, I decided to go into commercial real estate about 5 years ago and I've literally spent the last 4 years meeting people who are in commercial real estate and building meaningful relationships with them.