However, he had a feel of desperation when I showed him the property that didn't seem rational.  

Don't blame a GC for hiring the wrong GC, if you say through your actions "tell me this and I will hire you" guess what, they will, and its the desperate you will be getting because those of us not desperate because we dont need to be, we told you the truth, and you didnt like it because Mr desperation said "oh, uhmmm, ok, i will do it for less, yeah less". 

Any help please desperate in NJ

Desperate for help please. 

My name is Eric and my brother and I want to start wholesaling and flipping however we both work long hours at dead end jobs just to pay bills. The problem is we don't know where to start and how to get money. Any one...

Never be desperate to approve any applicants that don't give you warm and fuzzy after doing the full screening.

I am not desperate but time is of the essence.

Basically, the best deals come out of situations where human suffering is at maximum and someone is in a desperate haze to get out of some terrible situation, which makes them unable to take advantage of the regular market.

I think many people try to pinch construction pricing because the margins on their "deals" wear thin very quickly and they get desperate.

This is PROVIDED you do not get desperate and do a bad deal to get over all the rejection that comes with this type of marketing.