I would say my experience differs from the OPs experience with Realtors, but I do appreciate the numbers

Purchase price: $255,000 Cash invested: $66,000 This property brings added income with 3 bays of garage space rented separately, as well as coin op laundry What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Keep in mind, most condos/co-ops in NYC are anti-landlord, so they will likely place restrictions on when/how you can rent out the space (unless you do it without them finding out). 

OP can't borrow at the moment due to the issues mentioned, and 500K is not enough to buy five 4-units in any nice neighborhood anywhere using all cash...

I've never signed an Op Agreement 'to write things off on my taxes'.  

I met all the qualifications Jay requested in his OP: St Louis resident, POF, newbie investor, willing to give back to my community, and I partnered with an experienced investor to ensure a successful rehab.

To the OP- what was your arrangement with the builder in the construction of your current residence?

I do not disagree with the OP and comments regarding the unethical approach taken by a number of investors. 

Considering OP is a Wholesaler, my assumption is that he's really aggressively marketing, actually and really, really thinks that his right to try to get that property under contract supercedes the owner's desire for privacy or anonymity.

What the OP is asking is how do I convince the sellers to accept my offer although it’s probably not in their best interest to do so.