This results in wholesalers raving and ranting in on line forums about how real estate brokers and sophisticated sellers are stupid, dishonest, criminal, etc. for turning down their offers.There are wholesalers who do close a large percentage of their offers.

I was probably wrong in thinking this, but I was thinking if I paid the mortgages off, I would have a larger percentage of income per house....to supplement my retirement.

Dollars and percentage.

What percentage does the VA require from the seller?

War zones have extremely high crime rates, a high percentage of abandoned houses (15-20%+), and a very low percentage of investors, buyers, or worthwhile tenants.

Okay, maybe he wasn't billionaire in 2000, and he still isn't, but clearly the $10M+ that he made in Halliburton stock options between 2000-2008 is a significant percentage of his net worth...and there's no arguing that the $20B in government contracts that Halliburton received during the Cheney administration significantly contributed to the value of those stock options.

He then gives the RE investo'rs information along with the potential borrowers information to the REIT firm who then shows these potential notes and their ROI percentages to its moms and pops who want to invest their money securely as opposed to IRA's and 401k's.

The SEC and at least Texas' Blue Sky laws have no bearing on if you partner up with your friend, your family, or even a complete stranger for a 50/50 split or 20/80 split or even a yearly percentage payment (i.e. 12% a year on the investment).

:cool: A view at the numbers…Democrat Health “Reform†By the NumbersJuly 20, 2009—UPDATEDHere is a compiled a list of important numbers relevant to the House Democrats’ 1,018-page “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act:â€114 million—Number of individuals who could lose their current coverage under the bill, according to non-partisan actuaries at the Lewin Group4.7 million—Number of jobs that could be lost as a result of taxes on businesses that cannot afford to provide health insurance coverage, according to a model developed by Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer$818 billion—Total new taxes on individuals who cannot afford health coverage, and employers who cannot afford to provide coverage that meet federal bureaucrats’ standards$1.28 trillion—New federal spending in the next ten years, according to a Congressional Budget Office score of selected elements of the bill.6%—Percentage of all that new spending occurring in the bill’s first three years—representing a debt and tax “time bomb†in the program’s later years that will explode for future generations$88,200—Definition of “low-income†family of four for purposes of health insurance subsidies33—Entitlement programs the bill creates, expands, or extends—an increase from an earlier draft53—Additional offices, bureaus, commissions, programs, and bureaucracies the bill creates over and above the entitlement expansions—also an increase from the discussion draft1,683—Uses of the word “shall,†representing new duties for bureaucrats and mandates on individuals, businesses, and States—and an increase of 306 mandates from the discussion draft$10 billion—Minimum loss sustained by taxpayers every year due to Medicare fraud; the government-run health plan does not reform the ineffective anti-fraud statutes and procedures that have kept Medicare on the Government Accountability Office’s list of high-risk programs for two decadesZero—Prohibitions on government programs like Medicare and Medicaid from using cost-effectiveness research to impose delays to or denials for access to life-saving treatments2017—Year Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will be exhausted—a date unchanged by the bill, which re-directs savings from Medicare to fund new entitlements for younger Americans$2,500—Promised savings for each American family from health reform, according to then-Senator Obama’s campaign pledge—savings which the Congressional Budget Office has confirmed will not materialize, as the bill will not slow the growth of health care costs

Percentage wise.