It strengthens your network, experience, and confidence anyways.

The only way to get a fixer with low money down would be the FHA 203k loan, which will again be for owner occupied residence only, but then you will need to do the rehab by the book, with full permits, using only licensed bonded contractors for the work, not so much of your own sweat equity.

For the most part they don't understand real estate - many of them pray on the uninformed or elderly.You are asking to find "good wholesalers" - you should be looking for honest licensed and bonded real estate investors with a track record of doing residential and commercial deals - pay them a fee for their knowledge and you will do well.

I have seen some houses he has built (great products) and I have researched him to make sure he is update in reference to the bond, insurance, licensing.

@Cecile Poyet as an investor in anything, stocks bonds, forex, crypto currency, real estate.You will always be too early or too late.

You would have strengthened your relationship with an agent, with no cost to you!

.- Bonds seem like a bad bet as an investment with interest rates seem poised to increase for the forseable future- Cash seems like a poor choice, with inflation currently high and I believe likely to continue- Cryptocurrency is super volatile and while everyone has a great argument for this currency vs the other one, it seems like anybody's guess as to which coins will actually be widely adopted long-term- Gold and commodities, like energy, seem interesting and like they might do well with challenges in the supply chain and inflation looming.  

He is licensed, bonded and insured.

What the professionals - your accountant and attorney - will help you do, is to determine how and when you should organise your real estate business in the beginning to enable you to both meet your present needs while enabling you to grow to meet your mid to long-term objectives - all while minimising taxation.One final thing to consider when planning to invest in the U.S.A. at the present moment is that the CAD has slid to $0.80 USD over the past four months (much of it in the last month) as the consequence of a strengthening USD and the Loonie having become a petrol-currency.  

Currently my capital is invested in the bond/equity market - its a pretty conservative portfolio, generating about 5% in dividends/year.