D= War Zone, I wouldn't even be confident of finding a buyer for a wholesale deal here.

Is it normal to have the new investor buyer for contract put an earnest money deposit in escrow at closing agent or to cut me a check directly? Also is it ok to require them to use my closing agent?

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So I'd like to identify a wholesale house or REO that's a fixer and we'd partner on it.

If that number is high enough to justify the work plus extra, that extra is potentially your margin if you were to wholesale to someone else who had the same numbers you did.

Finding a good wholesaler may help but I emphasize the word "good", many of them tend to leave little room for the investor...no offense to any wholesalers in the discussion.

Wholesale deals are pretty easy to set up, you need to find properties that won't sell retail and you need buyers who can profit, by flipping it or leasing it.You can find properties that don't seel on the MLS, look for expired listings to start with.

I am an experienced wholesaler and I see deals on Craigslist by other wholesalers , some are descent some are not.

A wholesaler I know needs to be 2-5 properties per day, so he has systems that do that.

I am almost complete with what I call my first "intentional" wholesale deal (my first one was me picking up land with one intention and ended up wholesaling after the deal fell through).

I am constantly evaluating how my market is changing and how I need to adapt my wholesale business to stay ahead of my competition.