One the main elements with a lease option [like ALL business opportunities] is rock solid contract.  

Without it, I'm a rock in a hard place.  

Wholesaling by nature involves neither, syndicating deals involves neither credit or cash to start....but it does require time, effort, and knowledge.  

As I learned it (I'm a newb), our target market is INVESTORS, who by their very nature are looking for  WHOLESALE deals, correct?  

-Remove and clean all over‐spray, drops, runs and spills from windows, hardware, doors, floors and non-painted finished surfacesCarpet Cleaning / (Carpet Replacement - if necessary)- Pre-inspection of carpet - Pre-condition heavily soiled areas with natural citrus based cleaners.- Removes as many stains as possible and provides natural deodorization.- Soil extraction with low moisture steam- Application of fabric softener and color brighteners removes detergent residue according to manufacturers specifications, leaving fibers bright and soft with a silky feel.

Naturally, the validity of the end result is only as reliable as the data inputs used to determine your revenue and operating expenses and relies on the assumption that the market CAP rate was determined using the same methodology and inputs.

Flipping is a natural fit for me.

Adrien Schebott  I am just thinking in the mid west markets  ( and Chicago is not typical since your values generally are more coastal in nature)  one could probably just kill it with this form of advertising... as you know many of these areas retail sales move fairly slowly.

TBH, the 4-plex zone up in Rockrimmon is very tempting - seems a lot more middle-class, surrounded by upper middle class SFHs (and Nature).   

I'm an entrepreneur by nature and my degree has taught me to love my spreadsheets and property analysis.