Seller who contact whosaler to sell the propert is not expecting to get retail price anyway.  

Most agents work in the retail world so you have to find investor friendly ones.

@Hattie Dizmond  this is common through most of the RE industry and the NOte business.you have note tapes that claim ARV ' of this and that and they are not anywhere close to the true ARVs but novice note buyers don't know the difference.Turn key the same thing happens  one turn key out fit has the exact same house rent etc and one is 10k hirer then the other.. and one look at marketing agents who resell for turn key they add their vig to the top. or even sellers who list for 20k higher than market and are just retail folks out of touch.Its really up to  the buyer know what the heck they are doing...

The others were already on the MLS, and he wanted retail, so didn't make sense for us; however, it was on one of these that she found our door hanger. 

More that buying Turn key I payed about retail, and I would like to be able to add value to a property and my net worth. 

Parking a car that has any essence of crime prevention attached to it will result in massive vandalism…so big no-no.

You have any idea on the commercial retail,  residential.

Seeing as how this was going to take a massive amount of time, I inquired how much he would charge to prep and subsequently paint the entire house (including finishing the casing).

Also, any realtor that is investor savvy would be helpful, as the one I used to purchase our new home focuses on retail sales.Anyone in or around Greenville, NC willing to have a conversation?

ALL my tenants think they are smart by renting my properties for less than what they could buy a similar turnkey place for at retail price ... only I don't buy them turnkey and I don't pay retail and they all cash flow day 1 + forced appreciation equity day 1 and each and every year I raise their rents while my 30 year fixed mortgage payment stays the same and my property tax increase is capped by prop 13, and each and every year I get a bit wealthier and my tenants get a bit poorer.