I'm sorry that you've had a bad experiance, but it's frustrating to see you constantly bashing an entire industry that I am very much a part of.

What I'm starting to not be fine with is the constant flow of people during the day and at night.

I might be interested in flips if someone can show constant return over time.

Incompetent' would include the tradespeople who I pay good money to but still have to constantly follow around to ensure the work is done correctly.And 'evil' would include a much broader class of people who attempt to get over on me in various dishonest or amoral ways.

He also constantly finds leads on motivated sellers for us.

So, yes, one solution is to do a joint venture with another wholesaler where you bring in the buyer.

Turns out that one of the fittings on the hot water was constantly leaking.

I funded the rehab out of my own pocket so the purchase was $0 down but it certainly wasn’t zero cost as the rehab ran about $15k.Another deal was a joint venture that took nothing out of my own pocket to purchase nor did I pay holding costs.

This person only showed me the good side originally, but now I'm seeing 1 year (or more) of constant problems down the road, and I'd just as soon not rent to this person and keep looking for a better tenant.Alex

I also thought about structuring the purchase offer as a joint purchase and they the buyers buy me out of my interest in the property (but that seems more complicated than it needs to be).They are pre-approved for up to $250,000 per property.