My goal is to stand out from the thousands of RE agents in my area. 

You find out her kid ADORES a stand up comedian.   

if not, then i agree, they should be cut out of the equation.if you are a decent wholesaler, you are bringing deals to investors who may not have time to find their own property, or lack the drive/skills to find decent properties, or are afraid to set foot in the ghetto where some of these deals are located, etc.if someone gave me that line, i would just write them off in my head because obviously he is close-minded. the question of whether you make an assignment fee is irrelevant; his only concern should be how much profit does he stand to make?

I used "Terry Buys Scary Houses" thinking they would stand out from the rest.

God does'nt need Oprah's endorsement.Side note:Me and the wife was watching the T.V. show "Still Standing", last night.

Although this is accurate for the vast majority of Hard Money Lenders, and the best advice in this article is to "not try to fit your deal to the numbers", there are a very few Hard Money Lenders that loan on both the acquisition cost AND the rehab cost and they treat each as a stand alone transaction subject to their own LTV limits. 

No development yet, but single family stand alone, townhouses, small multi-families.

This tyranny can NOT be allowed to stand.

He does not stand and chance ...therefore is just prolonging the eventual sale of his property.

(Although this is not necessarily always the case.)Jon has given you great advice, talk to a REALTOR to understand better where you stand with the numbers.