As it turned out, I discovered a niche, entirely by accident and the gift of desperation, that has served me well.

As a wholesaler the goal is to target distressed properties, desperate owners, or vacant homes.

That's not even counting reserves.I'm getting desperate because my husband says we can't start a family until we cash flow at least $2400/mo.

You would have to be truly desperate to fill a vacancy before you would ever consider such a thing.

We have control over staging and who we hire, but our investor desperately doesn't want to pay any single sub-contractor more than $15/hour.

He'll likely have to get much more desperate before he takes $5k for it.

Don't be desperate to purchase to where you lose your shirt or worse.

Is suppose to be mostly cosmetic. so there is some wiggle room there and in the holding costs.I know the profits don't seem like much, but she is desperate and I really want to figure out if this is doable. 

They are desperate to get into a house. 

Part of my concerns stem from the comments: It's a JOB, there is a ton of marketing to do, the costs of marketing, negotiating with 'desperate' sellers, and so on.