@Chris Seveney  thanks Chris the reason I ask. is this:I often wonder what the allure to wholesaling is for all these beginners on BP.. when in fact me being in and around this business for 4 decades I know you could not pick something more difficult to do than wholesaling.. and some get on here and have significant budgets to throw at it. 5 to 10k a month and they are just starting out so My thought was instead of wasting that kind of marketing money.. they could be buying a note a month.. and you validated that by saying notes are 5k and up to 20k.. at least they get something that they can actually do something with ..and the seller is motivated to sell.. not trying to talk a burnt out landlord or older folks into giving away their home then trying to talk a sharp investor to paying more than its worth :)… plus most of these wanna be break into the business wholesalers at the end of the day just want cash flow at least that's what they say.. so why not do what your doing.. find the notes.. buy them work them out.. cant be any harder than talking some seller into taking a low ball offer.. then get the cash flow which is what they are after at the end of the day ?

I budgeted a lot of money into my numbers for serious structural repairs. 

Put it in a spreadsheet with your budget and you should have a good idea of how long it will take.

I am sorry we don't have budget to do that.

It was smooth sailing as I completed the project on time and on budget--almost to the penny--and sold it for the exact ARV I projected in less than one week on market!

Budget.

If you are targeting markets within a reasonable driving distance, find an investor-friendly agent and ask them to show you what your budget buys in that market. 

Don't rule out finding a duplex, triplex or quad if your budget will allow it. 

And I love that he would finance it for so long.However, that takes the payment amount outside the budget that I can afford for a monthly payment. 

On Time and On Budget period.I agree with @Jd Martin.