@Mark KillionThank you for this incredibly valuable post!

This is an incredibly difficult question in my opinion.   

Incredible demand for contracting here in Cleveland.

Costs stayed low and I'm set to soon be making some incredible cashflow for the amount invested.

I would like to hear some of the pros & cons of this strategy from anyone who has done this before and if this has been an effective strategy for you.

Now I plan on taking the profits from this house and start building my real estate portfolio down here in FL to help build generational wealth and honor my father.Thats sounds like an incredible strategy and a great way to carry on your father's legacy of taking care of the next generation.

With money being so incredibly cheap and easy I don't understand why any wholesaler wouldn't just do the deal?!?!  

Eventually your cash flow from properties and job/business allow you to buy them faster and faster -- a snowball effect takes place. 

Are there any owners of properties effected by hurricane Ida in Louisiana?

At this time when you can borrow at rates that are literally less than the rate of inflation (they are effectively paying you to borrow money) you probably will not be getting much simpathy from lenders.