The answer is that that is the only politically acceptable way to do it without charges of bias, profiteering, discrimination, etc.Ironically, the wholesalers are doing what the real estate broker can not do, using a net listing, pricing the product individually by time, effort and demand.  

I am trying to sift through all the teachings and info but now I am unsure if I should put my home in a trust before offering it as a RTO... any suggestions

The first thing is to check with the city or county to make sure that you have three individual lots that can be built on.

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@Corey DuttonI think this piece from Fortune outlines the challenges many individual investors expected they would have with these properties: http://fortune.com/2015/09/25/housing-wall-street-investment/It would be nice if these units flowed back into the limited inventory market we're seeing.

I don't recognize the company name, but it's possible I'll recognize the name of the individual.. 

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There is no "Popular Guru" teaching lease-option to buy programs where the transactions will be compliant as intended meeting new accounting requirements (by everyone in business) and/or the IRS Code, they don't event touch the subject matter I'd bet on it. 

Zillow has been making deals with individual MLS so data quality is not consistent between metros.I would use Realtor.com since they are linked to the MLS.