There is a body of oversight for agents and NONE for wholesalers (other than the general public reporting them to the RE board or other authorities).To say (Scott Swanson) that you do not want to spend 60 hours a week showing houses is a gross misrepresentation of the duties and responsibilities of a licensed agent.

We have not employed the Divine Alembic to separate your soul from your body and deliver the Culinary Judgment of Ages upon you!    

And, for many, it's a cycling action much like body builders do of growth, consolidation, growth, consolidation, evolving up along the way. 

It consistently blow's my mind how some government bodies say a MHP will invite a "shady" group, crime, issues, but hey let's slap up apartment after apartment after apartment because that always goes so well.... 

That said, there will always be deals and hope you guys find them - I am about to exit from the RE game :-)  I used to think like this.And I used to think the market would react the same.It's not.

Lush facial and body hair.

You can't control how your tenant reacts though and you have to do what's best for you.Just like a with a bad employee, you need to know when to "terminate" or "fire" someone because otherwise you're enabling bad behavior.

To prove my point I will take my market here in Utah, this may not be the same for your market but I would be surprised if we are the only location reacting this way.Below is a graph from Q3 2019-Q3 2023.

Any body you see buying a lot of flooring material introduce your self in ask if they have a business card.

:(Reminds me a bit of that scene in Top Gun: "Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash" Some thoughts:- cash flow can decline and go negative.