Short of a global political cristis or a monetary system issue we should be in good shape: lending standards are still very strict (compared to pre 2008), but have eased up enough to allow for a growing market. 

I've been told by lenders that these efforts are not normally successful with a VA appraisal.

Want to be the guy with all the marbles, whom everyone respects and comes to, be a successful wholesaler and control the inventory for all the rehabbers and flippers or lazy investors who don't want to do the work to find good deals, and will have to pay you for your creativity and effort.

Just click on the name you want as there is sometimes a list as  you start typing...Wow, I really give you credit for getting onto this sight and choosing to start a real estate journey despite the adversity you have faces up until now.Best of luck on all your efforts!

I'm setting goals for my in-house wholesalers. How many unqualified leads (distressed lists) to get a deal? How many qualified leads (sellers that say they are interested) to get a deal? How much money in marketing to...

If they have a lot on the line they will tend to give best efforts to make things  a win.  

You need to run through your numbers to see what kind of cash flow you are getting for the effort and precious time put into. 

Work with arch, builder, etc. to create package showing that the land is worth lets say 9 million to throw a number out there for your effort of creating a package.

It's probably because of the cost/damage factor, but sooner or later it may become worth the effort for some examples. :)  

Depends solely on the efforts of othersI think number 1 is pretty easy to see and understand it will apply to most investments in the market period.For number 2, common enterprise, we get a little abstract.