How do you approach this when it to a lender?

I think we are approaching another peak in prices if we haven't already.

The "how to" approach implies an education, but it is not usually.

I talk about ways we generate leads, how much leads can cost (double those #'s for LA), and why you want to develop a consultative approach - offering your solutions (buying, listing, etc.) as a range of opportunities to solve the seller's problem.  

Since I am looking to start wholesaling properties soon, I have a few questions.What approaches did you take to find motivated sellers and in growing your buyers list?  

They will likely be open to brokering the deal as an agent with a commission if you approach them though.

With that frame of reference, here are my questions:1) Do you as an investor care about the Fund vs Broker/Dealer approach?

I would increase to 3300.Another approach you can take is tell then you will do 6 months lease with 3250 and then increase the rent to 3500 after 6 months.Even if you can get new tenants soon you still may have to small repairs and paint touchups and stuff when the current tenants move out.Again this is just my 2Cents. 

But we could do the short sale approach.  

If that includes choosing and managing your own tenants, so be it.If someone asks me, I would comfortably say I'm an investor who also chooses to be a landlord - I'm only a landlord because I've judged it to be the most compatible approach to reaching my investment goals (which, I would add, are not entirely financial).