For me, it's population growth, business attraction, infrastructure growth--not 4 phone calls in 2 days versus 1 a month.

As for the special warranty versus general warranty difference.

WLI as a strategy seems more aligned to high net worth individuals who already have $ to burn, already overfunded their Backdoor Roth IRAs, HSAs, and R/E investments versus the average investor that’s still working to reach $18k/year on matching 401k dollers.

You cannot market the HOUSE (versus market your contract) for sale.

Quote from @Eric Justice: @Mark Cruse you’re comparing a successful investment versus a failed investment.

They are substantially similar.The bottom-line requirements for wholesalers are:A buyer must disclose to a seller of their intention to wholesale the property;A buyer must disclose they are selling their equitable interest/contract rights (versus selling the property) in all marketing, advertisements and communications with other parties;It is important that each and every communication, ad, sign, post and communication have a disclosure that the wholesaler is marketing and selling their equitable interest or their contract rights.

More homes move into the extended period because they are in a $150-200k range versus a $50-100k range?  

This limits the volume of what you can do versus a year contract rental.

@Simon W.Can you send me a PM if you know what you were paying for yardi versus appfolio ?

Are you concerned he will spend the money on new hairdos for his wife and new bicycles for his children versus putting it into a fiduciary account and applying it to the rental as it comes due ?