I specialize in retail flipping REO properties I acquire most often before they ever hit the MLS.

They have been trained to appeal to the emotional side of retail buyers, so they show off the home's remodeled kitchen, the new bathroom, the master bedroom's french doors leading to a redwood deck with the jacuzzi, etc.

Rents can also be expected to not keep pace with the growing parts of the country.I am just trying to give you some counterpoints to think about when you look at the high cash flows of the Mid-West.

The benefits to a realtor to work with you as a wholesaler are that you would use them to make offers on any listed properties (HUD's, REO's, and other stuff on the MLS), and then unless you are planning on ONLY wholesaling for your entire career, to list the properties with them that you are trying to retail.

Buying a house from a wholesaler then turning around and in less than 1 week sold it for 4x purchase price to a retail buyer.

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If your targeting rehabbers (fix and retail), another thing to keep in mind is targeting areas that are primarily owner occupied.

I don't know of any lenders that have these restrictions for conventional loans...That said, some sellers of REO property have deed restrictions that disallow the *buyer* to resell the property for some period of time, in which case the property can't be sold no matter what type of financing (or even cash) that's being used by the retail buyer.

For me, and probably for James, closing a short sale for a retail buyer is much easier than for an investor.

Tiara - You need to clarify your question.If that income is derived from rental properties and passive real estate it is one answer.If that income is derived from wholesaling/retail sales/etc it is another answer.For example, I wholesale properties, fix and rehab and have rental houses.