It's probably a good idea to run this by your attorney as well. 

Typically I work with investors who have a well thought out strategy but sometimes lack information about the Rochester market.

who starts off the project by cheating and asking you to cheat as well.

The seller has a 30 day right to cancel so if you advertise, investors can go direct to seller and circumvent the wholesaler. well all the more reason I guess to have  RE license and then have a listing agreement.

I wouldn't recommend BRRRR in random far away cities unless you're going to fly there and get to know the area really well and develop relationships with a trusted team (key word: trusted). 

Works well for us.

Relay Bank has worked well with my bookkeeping clients. 

Well, a website doesn’t verify identity.

While the obvious caveat to this is a slightly higher purchase price (if you choose to do so), there are a variety of benefits to this strategy as well, such as:- The idea of getting a Lump Sum Payday (from the bank) AND a steady stream of Passive Income from you as an investor for the downpayment is incentivizing to most. - If the seller is desperate to close (due to health issues, family problems, liens, etc.), they may agree to Seller Finance the small amount in order to ensure the deal makes it to the closing table. - You're minimizing how much is coming out of pocket when closing arrives. 

There’s nothing worse than a lender that over promises and then can’t deliver (sometimes they don’t even review your file before giving you the pre-approval letter and assuring you that all is well, charge you for the appraisal and let you go through inspection and pay for that out of pocket too, then their underwriters get involved and discover some reason they can’t process the loan leaving you high and dry).