Wholesaling has been developed into a controversial method and has been negatively perceived by many.

Dollars to donuts in the report you snapshot that from, it's an extremely negative number in your calculator.We all have different risk profiles -- I want to make money even in down years, or difficult years, when I have big CAPEX items to pay for (you will, roofs, appliances, turnover...they all need to happen and cost time, money, or both), tough vacancies to fill, etc.

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There have been six 10-year periods since 1900 when equity returns were negative or low (below 3%). 

This is not to say it was not a good purchase, just that realistic expenses will make this cash flow negative at purchase. 

However, not knowing the exact reason/s that may have influenced the seller's final decision, our guess is that it was more than likely due to rooftop units well beyond their statistical life cycle, their reliance upon R-22 refrigerant currently being phased out of the industry not to mention two rooftop units with suspect heat exchangers accompanied by elevated levels of CO in flue gas creating a potential liability that could end up in a law suit.

I finally think I’m getting a lot closer into putting what I’ve learned from this great community and other resources to the test.I wanted to hear if anyone else has seen some Pros during this pandemic that has defiantly affected us all negatively.

This is a positive and negative for now.Currently home is a 4 bed, 2 bath house in town with a nice yard and garage-bonus for in town. 

If you're intending to use any low downpayment loan (VA or FHA), you will be over leveraged on a single property and you will be cash flow negative in this market.

Use these statistics for listing options and for buyers to show them that business is still transacting, albeit more carefully.- Contact buyers who have lost out on deals and see if they want to check back in with sellers who still have the house on the market.