Do you (as a wholesaler) have the power to explain what is in the contract to the seller? 

They use a nail gun powered by 22 calliber loads .

In my experience, the techniques they teach in seminars like bandit signs work very poorly.

The powers to be at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, and the federal government would very likely take issue with such an approach, even though they track and secure data from appraisals on a national level for their research and review. 

I know I'm not a seasoned enough real estate investor for the listeners of the BP Podcast yet @Joshua Dorkin @Brandon Turner but I'm working on it ^^The great thing that this journey into real estate investing has taught me is the power of networking with others.

so i have been working on building my marketing plan and I plan on hitting NYC area my family is in nyc and so am i right now and i guess you could call me an opportunist with lots of spare time so i want to use wholesaling techniques to snatch off market deals cutting out all the middle men involved and yea fixing and flipping them for now as i have a limited source of capital at the moment although eventually i will be holding multi families for rental income...My plan is to find a broker or agent willing to pay a monthly fee (equivelant to my advertising cost) in exchange for a steady stream of referrals for all the motivated sellers who call me but are not willing to work with me at my price or have a move in ready home and want to sell at market value which is clearly not what i am looking for....there are so many empty billboards in NYC but i will probably start out with a 3x12 Banners that i can have made for free at the moment and find willing commercial business owners in industrial areas with a high traffic count...

It has a dial on it similar to a cars odometer measured in cubic ft or gallons.We have a company called Guardian water and power read our meters.

The only seminar I'd pay for is specific marketing techniques in my local market. 

I could pay my electricity provider $100 for coal fired power or I could pay $90-$110 for renewable energy.

As an agent, you are in a POWERFUL position to wholesale property on your own.