Would that cause any legal repercussions and will I be considered dishonest?

You can't trust dishonest people to give the money to their landlords.

I live in Canal Winchester and my wife and I are doing our second rental. We came across a contractor that seemed nice and had fair prices. He needed money to get started and we had a contract. Paid 800 dollars up fro...

It's not dishonest or taking advantage of them.

And SERIOUSLY... go find any coach and ask them.. what is your escape clause. and how do you handle getting the contract signed...IF they tell you anything other than telling the sellers the truth about your intentions, they are telling you to be dishonest!

Here's a few of the red flags I see:- The people you're dealing with (this middleman "construction" company) has a dishonest relationship with the seller, as evidenced by them telling you not to ask any questions during the viewing and actually telling you to lie about being with their company if asked who you were

You can set yourself apart from the crown by explaining to them that most of the other people who reached out to them will continue down that road of being dishonest about the process and you are giving them to truth. 

They want to force landlords to act as they—the housing advocates—think proper.A movement that claims certain rights for its members while denying those same rights to others is intellectually dishonest.

Unethical, dishonest and even illegal practices are common in wholesaling.You can do it right and many wholesalers do.

To say anything else would be dishonest because your hard money loan is likely contingent on things that an all cash offer is not.