Go buy a dozen of those cheap little blank yard signs (the ones with the wire H frame work fine), a big fat tipped sharpie, and a lock box.

That might be a fat chance answer but it's what you could use if he'll give it to you. 

the investors im working with are looking in richmond. i feel as if the richmond market is saturated and need to focus else where but i don't know where. 

I don't mind doing the negotiating part, its the Marketing Part I am having problems with, I was never into marketing lol and in my area I feel with Bandit Signs, its over saturated on that end so I need to figure something else out to get my word out, without reinventing the wheel, lol...

If anything my impression is that if anything it would be tough only because it could be over saturated with wholesalers as I have heard many times of people moving to that area for opportunities.

Topics/Questions: Where are the hot neighborhoods to buy and own or to rehab and flip; is the market saturated with opportunity hunters;  how long are properties on the market; average time from seeing/finding, closing, rehabbing, staging/marketing and reselling?  

I like that is protects against saturation though.

But to tack a $10k fee onto a deal that's already thin (using the 70% guideline) just smacks of greed (or stupidity, or a fundamental misunderstanding of what an investor buyer is looking for).Pigs get fat; hogs get slaughtered.

Is this a saturated area or are there opportunities?

DC I very expensive and over saturated with investors and wouldn't be the best area to be a newbie.