I am not interested in buying any classes about note investing, but I found a reference to Colonial Funding Group on his web site and will check them out. 

I'm managing the business end of things, including budget management, & will also work on the design/finishing end of the project (we both love the process as well as the anticipated profit).

With that being said they still want to make a sale.You could also forgo your wholesale fee for the real estate commission instead, but only if you are licensed ( only problem with this is your broker takes his share ).4) The wholesaler also needs to have the seller and the seller's agent agree to allow showings to the wholesaler's buyer list.5) The agreed price needs to be significantly less than what was originally asked for, this requires a motivated seller.Usually the wholesalers buyer's list has already seen and passed on the property because it has been all over the web for 150+ days, so again your agreed purchase price would need to be very low that you surprise your buyer's list.All in all a good wholesaler finds deals off market gets them under agreement at a price they know their buyers list will enjoy.

While the occasional additional upgrade helps sell a home, over-improvements generally result in no return for your investment and sometimes turn buyers off that may be otherwise interested.Anyhow, to answer your question, a good realtor will do more than just dump the property on the MLS, they can assist you with pricing, advertising, open houses, design, etc.

Maybe it's your acquisition arm, finding properties, maybe it's contracting, design, list-vetting, has to be something so it's a win-win for someone who agrees to act as a quasi-mentor when you are new.

Most of these foreclosure web sites give you the exact same properties that are on the MLS.

It is great if you are using it to manage programming, design and development projects.  

Being vacation rental owners enables my wife and I to combine our love of taking distressed properties and making them better, design (you've got to furnish and decorate the place to create an inviting "guest experience") and hospitality.

So, just by design, you have a class of tenant more likely to wrack up costs and damages.

Should I list it on one of those web sites or work with an individual?