You not only get access to MLS data that is good for comps, it's a good income when you do marketing, you'll be able to list homes for customers or wholesale to them.

Especially for custom materials.It's also worth mentioning that as a former contractor I get different (and often, more advantageous) pricing than a person off the street. 

Your cheapest, though still not cheap relative to the product, solution is to have a carpenter create a custom transition. 

Your question is very relevant.

I've had many of our customers use this strategy to take their businesses to the next level, so it is definitely worth looking into.

they both have excellent educational materials but I like the realcrowd 101, 201, and 202 power points, they are ~15 pages and explain the basicshttps://www.realcrowd.com/learning-toolsI started investing in deals last Jan, I have no interest in any site except as a customer.  

Not that it's especially relevant, but the buyer had an agent, who is also the president of her brokerage as well as the broker of record for her company.3.

I told him that was a nasty and customer unfriendly policy, and got off the phone pissed. 

What types of things do you think might be helpful/positive to say to them that as ongoing customers of mine that I might not have thought of?

I'm not wholesaling, but have a relevant example.