Count your own money and forget about theirs. 

The bank loaned (sold) you the needed money do buy the home. 

I am hands on managing remotely and only due to the low interest rates locked in during the pandemic and tax abatement I am making some money.

The other two options require spending money that is basically going out the door to lots of fees and expenses of exiting your current house and getting into a new one.If you were just looking to move, that is perhaps a different story… If your house isn’t working for you, for instance.

Even if you could get $5000 per unit and every tenant was perfect, you would still lose money.

We haven't done much with them yet, but I hear from some seasoned investors that they work great, and I hear from others that they are a waste of money. 

Here’s my honest opinion; not trying to be overly critical, just hopefully constructive adviceYour plan sounds like a newbie with no money and experience trying to wholesale Look, wholesaling real estate is a BUSINESS.  

We BRRRR 8-10 per year and the flips supplement the money left in the BRRRRs. 

If I were the money person, I would want to see the deal first.

How much downpayment money do you have?