With people putting things out there and being so transparent ie: @Mark Ferguson and others it shows you another way to view money and debt...

My goal is just to acquire 10 homes in the $200k - 250k range in great neighborhoods and own them free and clear into retirement.Mark, I realy like how transparent you are in bigger pockets and your investfour website, even sharing your mistakes with all of us. 

I think the key is transparency to the sellers.  

I updated the seller with a weekly call of the good and bad, and I was very transparent on how things were going.

By adopting more transparent techniques and by being more up front about their offerings, they would build much better reputations for themselves and their industry.AND we'd all be better for it.

But most importantly I appreciate how you itemize each of your expense and how transparent you have been.

All numbers are transparent with the seller ensuring "top dollar."

Certainly cheaper to just assign, but depending on the transparency with the seller and wholesaler, they run the risk of losing the deal at closing if someone walked away. 

In total transparency I would have to say that financial institutions who sell a 1st lien HELOC are not very eager to work at giving you the necessary tools to work the strategy.

There is nothing wrong with transparency.