I'm new as well and I'm pretty much in the same shoes as you are.

If you were standing in my shoes today, what would you do in this situation?

Plus, even though residency for city workers was abolished by state legislature a year or two back, I think its still tied up in court since MKE sued and almost certainly will eventually lose from everything I've heard, but for now residency is still 100% in effect, so these workers are protecting THEIR CITY!

What I want to avoid is being tied to one wholesaler.

Remember, when you sublet you step into the shoes of a landlord thus have responsibilities to the same and limitations on certain remedies.  

Property Taxes tied to the $1.8mil 2000 price are $20k a year.  

I am waiting until March because I will be tied up with the Broker Class in January and February.

So what would you do if you were in my shoes?

High costs, high hassles and assets tied up in knots.  

WTF  6k for a clutch and friends of mine with Ferrari's pay 5k for tune ups.. but they sound cool for sure.I can go either way.. but I tend to use most of my capital in my business so it does not make sense to tie up 100 to 150k in cash into vehicles when I can basically get zero % financing.