It's a faceless boogeyman, an excuse that appears in the minds of everyone who consider real estate investment and need to find a rationalization for why they keep putting it off.

You might actually wind up increasing your net return by eliminating the middle man who is doing the least to maximize the value of your property.

People are weird and not always rational, you never know.

Your process is very rational and mitigates a lot of the initial risk.  

Hi Arron, I read some where i couldPlay basically middle man to get deals done and obtain a small profit as an assignment fee. example.

I have run into only one person that could rationally explain why the gyrations of the HELOC help.

If you like to bluff, rationalize and stay with losing hands, you won't be in the game very long.  

Buying from a wholesaler isn’t really “off market” in my opinion, you have to really source the deals directly and not go through a middle man for it to truly be off market in my book.

The goal for a wholesaler is to find a good deal and bring it to the investor and have the investor buy it and they do all the work while you are able to add your fee as your like the middle man.

The opportunity cost of spending more time remodeling a rentals slows my growthIgnoring my degree in finance and my rational brain.