I would say as an agent if a property is in a rough area I don't put signs since it can attract those bad apples or get stolen. 

I’ll be keeping this in mind as I move forward with my own investments.Wishing you the best as you figure out a solution, which, from the responses that I'm seeing, are good solutions, but still tedious tasks to undertake.

And that's great you are figuring out how to get to your next investment.

I'm thinking interest rates will sit at 6.25-7.5%, with total cost at roughly 210k.

I saw on their site that one of the owners is an attorney so U have to figure she knows better than to take comp for selling this sort of products.

After you meet enough people you will figure where you want to go.

The other thing about this thread is that I am just confused when there are complaints about the professional fees, but when it comes to wholesalers getting $10K, $50K, or even six figures on a deal to wholesale to a buyer it is just the cost of doing business.

Instead of having to source a rehabber house, figure out how to do rehab when they have zero experience at it. and then trying to find a HML to do the loan up front ( if thye dont have the cash) and a take out lender.  

I’d start by figuring out the cost of the cosmetic updates and seeing how much you could rent it out for.

Additionally, no investor has received an escalation - which is good for your investment and if you look at some of the rates of returns (some folks are into their builds roughly 60-70k out of pocket, and have over $150k equity - amazing return over most investments) - even though it took longer than any of us expected - there is a lot of positive to talk about.