Once you start your marketing campaign many leads you receive will not be of any use to you as a wholesaler.

.) + a bunch of contingencies for me to get the property properly zoned, approved, financed set-up and/or investors within a certain time frame, etc. without them turning down the offer as silly and tarnishing my reputation.If, say, a lot was advertised for somewhere around $100k, wouldn't I have to at least make some kind of "earnest" money option of 5% or ?

I can even advertise that as my gift to them.

The 60% number used for expenses might be high but you should use at least 50%.You are leaving outRepairsvacancy rateturnover costs; like inspections, advertising, rental commissions, evictions etc.

If its advertised, its not private.

It should sell itself.If I had a Ferrari F430 for 50k, how much would I need to advertise it to get 60k?

Advertise for phone calls and put the first qualified renter in place.

My action plan is to contact the current tenants to check on timing/walkthrough/cleanliness then advertise ASAP.

Brian FeltzHow are you finding deals on craigslist are you posting advertisements yourself for we buy houses or are you looking at for sale by owner and calling people from there?

Since it's against the law to advertise for money partners, where do you find them?