Wholesalers, for the most part, have a bad reputation because of their inability to provide true value to investors.  

How do i figure out if my market is good or bad?

I rent tools and equipment all the time, am a great customer, and have never received or expected a reward.

Have you had a bad experience with a skip tracer in the past?

It if goes bad you get experience and may lose money.

@Daniel Ramirez Spending quality time in finding the right GC is probably the most important step in managing a Flip without doing the work yourself, so I commend you for taking the time to ask for opinions on how to vet one properly.Having just found a GC that I like and who is honest, I'll describe the process of how I selected him.First, I did research to determine whether or not his business is successful.

We had the utility between tenants and it was a bad deal for us as we had several tenants fall behind on there bills and utility company transferred into our name auto even while they tenant was living there and fell behind on there rent then they continued to stay through eviction running bills up and we was not able to shut off as we was not a utility company and land lords are not allowed to take it away here in Ohio so we got screwed and still trying to chase them from job to job attaching wages its been years.

I have posted about this deal before, once regarding a bad tenant (resolved), and once about zoning (resolved).

If everyone else is contacting by direct mail, maybe you could get Skip Trace (or TLO).Being the black sheep isn't always a bad thing.GOOD LUCK!!

It's not a bad plan, but I wouldn't be the note buyer for $65k on a property just purchased for $40k just because the seller says it's worth $75k.