Wholesale buying strategy for buy-and-hold use?

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I'm working to define my business plan, and the more I learn and think about it, the more it appears to me that leveraging the practices of wholesalers (direct-mail, flyers, email) to strengthen the numbers of a buy-and-hold strategy makes sense. I recognize this wouldn't work if one were trying to buy one or two places, but if you're trying to buy a (relatively) larger number of units, does this not make sense? For those far more experienced than me: is it worth the time and effort this involves to make the savings, or are the deals wholesalers offer strong enough that it's worth it to just pay the premium?