Your dramatic offer is not likely to have much effect on a national bank's decision to accept the offer.

@Jeff Ihnen The listing agent was being too dramatic.

Otherwise, they tend to wither away, sometimes dramatically with poor results.

Your completely right, something as simple as the paint can make a property value dramatically increase or decrease. 

As you move up in area class (D to C to B to A), and as you move up in market valuations (Sac to SJ for example), the amount of money you have to pay to buy $1 of revenue increases, sometime quite dramatically.

Hey @Steve Derringer you might be on the right track with this, but keep in mind your potential buyer pool will drop dramatically if you fill it up and try to sell it to an investor.

Having a family with kids to put in school can dramatically change the decision someone makes vs a couple without one or an investor that doesn't mind investing out of state. 

Even just from a couple years ago prices have increased in a lot of areas dramatically.

You have just broken the ice and developed a contact in the area.3) Your game plan for wholesaling does not change dramatically when working with a Realtor, which is why it will be very challenging for you.

But even with what the guru's are promoting as wholesaling (I have some limited experience with guru's), it IS a viable way to generate short term capital and dramatically increase your network with little or no starting capital or credit.Now I can't speak for what all guru's are pushing, but I have been to one seminar and seen intro's to several others on wholesaling, and my experience is that they aren't promoting anything that can't make you money just as they are advertising.Now as for the 3 times over wholesaled house, I can understand your frustration.