I look forward to our conversations.

I haven't had any in-depth conversation with them yet.I'm curious to know what are some of the positives/negatives of this type of relationships.

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Last weekend Boston Area REIA had a walkthough and Q&A of an in-progress duplex>condo conversion in Gloucester with Karriem Cherry from Cherry Picking Properties in Lynn. 

I have a private Citi card that adds 2 years but says it's not for business purchases.

It was an interesting conversation, considering they were marketing as a "cash" or "conventional loan" deal.

Once you have your criteria set and know what you're expecting, it should be easier to have conversations with agents and get started.

Did anyone reply to your privately?

Ideally, you'd want to invest passively with your retirement account, couple examples will be owning a rental property or doing private lending.Based on the above it would be best to do the wholesaling outside of a tax-deferred vehicle, but use profits from this activity to contribute into truly self-directed Solo 401k.

Is it possible to get short term private money/hard money financing to pay the owner of the house in cash and then secure the FHA loan within a month to pay off the hard money/private lender?