I appreciate being treated like a human being in a group discussion and not as a research subject by someone who feels secure enough in her wholly unfounded moral and intellectual superiority to offer me the smug imperative to "Make it a great day."

I know the intellectuals fancy NPV, but they hand-waive away the problems with ACCURATELY forecasting discount rates for distant cash flows in projects.

Financially and intellectually.  

Ironically, the antithesis of this research based and intellectual debate, the much chided Realtor's (TM) crying call of Location!

Cheers for all the intellectually stimulating discussions on this thread and BP as a whole!

This case is so easily distinguished from the typical "wholesaler" activity as to be completely meaningless as a tool to "answer" anything at all.So, you're under the very false assumption that the only people who go to contract with wholesalers are elderly, desperate, financially challenged and intellectually inept grandmas and the wholesalers cheating them out of their houses are typically children with no money and zero expectation to close?

They specialized in one asset class that they could meticulously control -- a business, real estate, intellectual property, etc.Diversification is great when you don't the knowledge, time, inclination and/or experience to specialize.

Of all the real estate forums I've been on, this by far is the most impressive and intellectual. 

We can't even comprehend with our brains the concept of "infinite" Intellectually yes, but not with any degree of understanding.

Hmmm...you think W should be added to your list of small-penis dictators who are just over-compensating for their short-comings (most-likely intellectual in this case)?