Maybe I'm wrong here, but it seems the business model may have been to reach a certain level of user activity and then monetize the site.

My two main models are SFD flips and buy and holds, (SFD's, multi's, apts.).

Building wealth for you+ your family is a great starting point and totally possible but you need to narrow your focus to be successful in a given Model.

What is your objective --business model ?

I don't know if this is a Market-Place question but I had a fellow investor express his concerns about selling his homes on Land Contract so I'd like to pose the question here, using our terms: Does our model have enough Reward vs Risk against Walkaways?

Thus I have fashioned a similar model in hopes of replicating their results, with hopefully a few multiples.

The whole man made global warming debate is based on computer modeling because the natural data just isn't there.Like almost all of progressive liberalism, man made global warming only works when you make crap up.

The problem I find with retail sites like angieslist is that the majority of contractors/workers are retail focused (retail centric business model).

This has been discussed before on this forum, so you might want to dig around...But, in general, expect that for any FNMA property, you will be subject to the 90 day resale restriction, during which time you can only resell for a 20% premium to your purchase price (and no, the basis for the amount does not increase due to closing costs or repairs you pay for).While it's possible to negotiate out of the restriction (I'm able to do it about a third of the time) and while sometimes the asset manager chooses not to include the restriction (or possibly forgets), I wouldn't base an investing strategy around the fact that you can get out of it under some circumstances.As such, trying to wholesale FNMA properties these days is probably not the best business model...

My business model has drastically changed in last two years.