Just because you have cash doesn’t make a wholesale deal more attractive.

Probably 3/2 open layout is the most popular, but in some suburban neighborhoods that are attractive for families 4/2.5 do REALLY well also.Feel free to shoot me a message if you need more specific info. 

#4 Sharing Returns In Exchange for Less Work is Attractive to YouFix-and-flips and standard rental property approaches to investing allow 100% of the profits in your pocket.

Don’t rule out anything until you take a step back and look for a potentially alternative idea to a traditional method.

Then they might consider and try to make it work with their engineer and alternative layouts.

Alternative platforms you suggest?

I am in the process of finding a handyman/carpenter alternative.

Not related to your question, but have you looked at alternative strategies such as rent by the room or turning a SFH into a non-conforming duplex? 

Somehow his realtor or is listing is only attracting unqualified people, who don’t have enough money, doing their first deal.MAYBE.

Does anyone have an alternative rent collection software they like?