With your short time horizon I'd avoid the coops unless your broker knows for a fact the one he's proposing is easy to get in and out of. 

Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: Norada is one of the largest and successful turn key Brokers in the US.. so equity in the company is probably a very good thing while they shore up whatever it is they need to shore up.  

These are brokers that provide professional T12. 

I personally dont do any of that.. every market / or most will have an active fix and flip sector or buy and hold sector the important thing to me is the operator full stop.. great operator will do well in any market and all the national data simply is noise at least at my level. ( loaning our own money and JV deals with our own money)  we dont broker or anything like that.

There are also others who assist in teaching you DD.Another route is to find a broker-dealer who invests in alternative investments like real estate funds as they will have done a lot of DD on the sponsor as well. 

Most commercial brokers have no interest in wholesalers and neither do their clients.

Sounds like you have a plan to consult with some brokers and expose it to the open market. 

Here’s how brokers typically view these:Loan Term Sheet vs.

I have to decide if im going to use a new injection of capital from the sale of my primary residence to:1) Hold in treasury bills at 4.5 percent until I find another property to purchase2) Pay off one of two existing mortgages, one at 3.75 percent and another at 4.5 percent3) Just find something to buy that beats either of those percentages on paper and be done with it4) Possibly loan out some hard money/broker it to a friend to allocateIts never an easy decision, but its a good problem to have.

Do you focus on brokers, property managers, or other investors first?