I think I'm still "knocking at the right doors" to get to a solution though.

But there is an easy solution to the upfront cash problem if you have a good credit rating.

I don't think you want to become a broker, I wouldn't, with the required paper work, admin, record retentions,etc, let alone if you start hiring agents, and have 5-10 walking liabilities running do who knows what.Perhaps the simplest solution would be find a broker who works as a "transaction fee" broker: one who doesn't necessarily take a percentage of the commission but a flat fee per transaction; typically say a $350 brokerage fee and something like a $250 'record retention" fee (which is typical here-paid by the client or otherwise eaten by the agent. 

You can’t receive the cash or it will spoil the 1031 treatment.

Is it on a waste treatment plant?

One of the blogs on this website gives this suggestion:****Solution**** Use 4×6 postcards with your message on them and post them on message boards at your church, grocery store, laundromat, community center or any place where they have a message board.I've been thinking about this.

Remove any contingencies and close the fastest.Cash deals are going to get the most favorable treatment.  

The kind of "salesmanship" that wholesaling requires involves active listening, picking up on verbal and non-verbal cues from the client and then helping them find a solution that works for them.

Will the paint fail to adhere completely, or is it more an issue of the treatment chemicals bleeding back into the paint, or something else?  

Unless there is some special treatment for owner financing where the capital gain on the sale is due on payback or spread over the life of the loan.