However, thanks to BP I had the "cash for keys" tool at my disposal and allowed me to close the transaction smoothly.  

@Patrick Crehan20% of Americans don’t save a single dollar a yearOver 40% of Americans have less than 10k saves for retirement56% of millennials have no retirement saved, not a dollarTwo thirds of Americans couldn’t cover a 1k emergency without using debt50% of Americans save less than 5% of their DISPOSABLE income.Here’s your confidence booster.

So, if the recession were to happen again, have some cash and a network of partners for additional funding at your disposal.

When I compare with my other strategies (mailing to different groups of potential clients), this one gave me the best return on investment of my time and money (whole $25-30 worth).So, when I divide the commissions I made by $25 invested in that particular are and few hours of my own time to get precise list by my criteria of these 30 addressees, it's huge amount in %%, like $7K/$100=7,000%When you divide $0 closed deals by your expenses on SEO, web site (time) etc - it's still zero.When you're creating a new system, don't dispose that one which brings you money already.

@Brian Huber In both wholesaling and wholetailing you are marketing for motivated sellers who are willing to sell their property at a discount.The main difference is in how you dispose of the property.In wholesaling you build a buyers list, and you present your deal to your buyers and sell the property to them without using the MLS at all.In wholetailing you either buy the property or you use a contract which stipulates the seller gives you the authority to list the property on the MLS.

RE is not a product like consumer goods, disposable, having price points that can be sold to naive buyers without consequences.  

Does dealing with people with great pasts and lots of disposable income sound appealing then the way to go might be a big money appreciating class A property.