Since my bulk tactics dont work, I have my hands tied.

Diana Olick (CNBC) "gets it", she does a good job for a media-type.Note "Southern Florida" Cash Purchases - the highest in the Nation @ 22% AND the tied at 2d highest in FHA at the same time.

You tie them up with a contract and you assign the contract to another investor.

I've got about $40k in cash that I would like to tie up into rental income.

Just remember this too will pass, and if you learn from this you will become stronger.

You've been more than helpful. 6.Say before I go, on occasion we/I run into a piece or two of bargain real estate that we/I can't close on because our money is tied up in other projects.

If your wealth is tied up in real estate, you can't access that wealth quickly (inlike financial assets like saving accounts and event stocks and bonds).A $30 investment in a financial planning book is a good start.I hope that helps.

If you're the 1st wholesaler, try to tie up the property with a regular option, not a flex option.

Your 25% investment ($60K) in the downpayment sure seems like a huge amount of money to keep tied up in a building.

The human need to survive is very strong in our species probably stronger than any animal species on earth so the will to live will indeed drive us to keep functioning even in desperate times.