The wholetailer works as a middleman in taking a property from 'wholesale' (yes, I do hate that word) to 'quasi-retail'.

The lady I deal with at the title company fills it in later once we have an official closing date and figure out the pro-rations.

I want to understand the rational.

Make no mistake, a wholesaler is nothing more than a middleman.

Same as why I think my opinion about LU is relevant (perhaps moreso) than a non-member.It definitely seems like you're rationalizing/defending your choice to join them which again if it worked for you then it was worth it.It was worth it for me and many others that I know personally.  

Rationally, this is a math problem.  

When analyzing deals its always seems as if the opportunity is passing me by and the rational part of my brain turns off but posts like yours are sobering and will help prevent mitigate losses.  

Having multiple strategies and working them to your advantage will then allow for an agent to make a commission (on a flip) but when wholesaling you are cutting out the "middleman" so agents often have no incentive to do anything for you.  

NOTE: I only deal with other wholesalers and investors so never have a negative reaction to being a so called "middle man".My advice is if you are unable to close never double close.

Gurus are not mentors.There's hundreds of forum posts about most of the gurus, just search their name above.I understand your rational, but just reading post from months to years ago doesn't make this much of a "live/active" community website, but more of a archive/book (I can go to Barnes and Noble to buy a book).