However, many sellers will not accept an offer subject to an appraisal. 

The ONLY reasonable deals are:Appliances when purchased if you have a retailer that offers unlimited repairs/replacement for 5 years for 10% of price.

Quote from @Joshua Alcantara: I’m looking to move out of the current "red ocean" of real estate wholesaling and focus on helping sellers with problematic titles, such as liens, divorce issues, probate, quitclaim deeds, etc.All my previous high-value assignment fees came from working with sellers who inherited properties without a proper deed.

Great reason for not pulling deductions forward.I have been retired from a W2 job for some time and my income is at an all time high and will just keep going up with more RE investments. 

I made a relatively low offer and after one negotiation we settled on a price that was about 45% lower than the original list price.

BiggerPockets also has a calculator to analyze deals, and I highly recommend you start this as soon as possible, even if you are not ready to buy.

It doesn't take an experienced real estate investor to see through what he offers and teaches.  

., with the rapid rise of STRs, you will find that many insurers offer STR policies.We use Proper but it is very expensive but very comprehensive.

We stay in contact with this agent and I guess she made a couple of verbal offers for us after the agreement had expired. 

I doubt he'll be able to quality for a loan (VA) with just his income.