This is a 5.4% return, which is equivalent with what a CD would do if you think on a monthly basis.

As a national brokerage they also don't have many key relationships with smaller regional players.4.

@Abad Marroquin appears you have found a Class C/D PMC to manage your Class C/D properties.Highly unlikely you will find a Class A PMC to manage these, but you may be able find a Class B PMC.You'll want to set expectations upfront and hold them to those expectations.

CD, MM, bonds, etc.  

You need to have consistent inventory and be a serious player to pull #1 off, assuming you are in a competitive market.

If the buyers are cash buyers why don't they just put their money in a CD and earn 5%?! 

I think is about relationships, after you reach out to all the wholesalers in your area in all the diverse ways possible and exposing yourself as an end-buyer on platforms like Facebook, you then start to vet out all these wholesalers and with time you'll see who the real players are and who the daisy-chainers are

Overstating the profitability of this endeavor by grossly understating the competitive nature of the bidding, the sophistication of some of the players as to research capabilities, etc.5.

You will never need to deal with the players again.

I hadn't seen an initial CD yet and wasn't about to send them anything until I could verify the numbers were at least close.