The returns in the Triad are much more attractive from a pure numbers perspective. 

I thought you were purely an investor looking to buy REOs.

I also paint all my common areas pure white so the home looks bright and airy. 

If you are purely looking at this as a consumer to use it just like your TV or refrigerator then I suggest Iphone.

We also buy pure rentals when the number works. our market is class A properties managed all over the country as "home" is only relevant to the current set of orders.Definitely check out the podcasts, blogs and forums.

Just from a pure business standpoint, I am not sure why a developer and a builder would bring you in unless they needed you. 1. first assumption they need you or the deal does not happen because if they didnt need you then the would just build and split on their own.2.

It means, what actually happened, pure and simple).

You can talk to a more flexible lender about qualifying him on the pure income from his last 24 months bank statements.  

It is narcissistic to say that anything the rest of us do (unless you don't really try to get the best deal possible for you) is any more ethical and it is ignorant to say that there are not many situations where someone acting as a wholesaler can not deliver value to a seller even looking purely on the basis of price.

Jon Holdman I don't see you as a kill joy at all.