I am a real estate agent, however been around investors that promise a lot and at the end nothing ever happens.

Don't make a promise but indicate you would be open to list the house for resale with them after improvements.

You won't hear a peep from me, I promise.

Short sales almost always require the buyer to sign an affidavit that promises that there are no other deals or contracts with the property -- as a wholesaler, if you have a contract or agreement with an end-buyer, you couldn't honestly sign that affidavit.You can try telling the bank upfront that you'll be wholesaling the deal, but if you do that, they will almost certainly not agree to to the short sale.

Worst case, you will hear a bunch of interesting stories.If you want to spend some time, being a fake detective can be fun sometimes.

Not a sales pitch for my services, I promise!

I promise you.

I can promise you that there is no amount of money that he would keep from a client who showed him they put their full effort in and it just does not get results in their area.

As such, this is what I am seeing...seems like it can still be promising.

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