You have to realize the business model whether he or any of 'them' will admit is to UPSELL you into a more expensive product.

Well, let's see.....I think he has a nice smile.I suspect that it is good for the black community to have a male role model who heads a family unit and treats his wife and children with respect (But, I am actually guessing, since I am not African American myself).And.... wait, I'm thinking.

You guys might file for bankruptcy the same way most other companies do when they are unable to pay their bills.In my opinion, the business model itself is not a bad one but I think this business, like any other, can only work in the long run on a large scale if you are able to offer honest good value to your clients.

Even though I think it's Buffet who said that diversification isn't always the best investment model, I feel for most investors it might be.. what's everyone's opinion on this

As I see it, there are basically 3 business flip models: - Virtual Wholesaling/flipping contracts/contract assingment - no cash needed- Short Sale/REOs - using a double escrow and transactional funding- Bulk REOs - using hedge fund financing, hard, or private funds Although the web is besieged with tons of sites to gurus pitching their programs for their various programs, courses, boot camps and the like, I believe there are also some very well-respected "real" investors doing actually these deals and profiting.

Our business model is to not take the property if possible.

I use a discounted cash flow model when analyzing a buy and hold property.

I wouldn't allow my business model to rely solely on leads from lead generation software without being able to simultaneously generate them myself.

Get out there and start marketing.If you have money - then try direct mail campaigns - depressed market - you can usually get by with sending mailings out to a whole geographic area but the targeted lists work great too - but geographic marketing is blanketing a whole area with a message - costs money.If you don't have money for marketing or much - bandit signs - networking - driving for dollars - etc.Before starting marketing you will need to pick you area. 15-20k homes at medium price range + or - 20% (depending on your business model) but we are talking about wholesaling - so usually the fixers are in this - 20% range.Hope this helps.

If not, your rental income would dramatically reduce and this is already low on the cash flow.I prefer buying and holding in areas where I can expect better future appreciation and better ease of liquidating, but that is just my personal biz model.