In the rare case the numbers look remotely attractive for a rental it does take a different approach to sell.Rehabbers (okay, good ones) can walk a house and in 30 minutes tell you yes or no.

What other criteria does a wholesale deal have to meet to be attractive to a buy and hold investor?

I'm having a problem what do I write in the ad on craiglist to attract cash buyers if u don't have any properties.

For some reason, its just a job that attracts the dodos.

As a CPA and a broker in AZ & CA and seasoned investor, flipper, etc. for the last 20 years in these states and others my personal opinion is that while the entry price point can seem attractive, I agree with many others on this thread...

Most Meetup are announced and bombed with a lot of keywords to attract as many views as possible.

While it's obviously a cheap house, the immediate neighborhood is quiet and mostly O/O and attracts lower-income but stable folks.My initial guess is that the fixed costs involved in order to achieve compliance (licensed mortgage originator/servicer, etc) would be fairly significant compared to the money in the deal?

If NYC wasn't such a good investment on a long term basis why would it be attracting so much investment from people around the world? 

(Check out the podcasts that talk about attracting investors or getting financing.)

Whats happening to you is you see the potiental and whats growing in you is the emotional attraction. your best bet it to go look at this house stand outside for a few hours have a moment of silence and never look back again.