We essentially pay my wife $50/hr for her time and roughly $4500 for staging the house (avg 3000 sq ft size, 4/3).

Real Estate Wealth – The Easy Way – Hard Way – Impossible WayThe Easy Way – Inherit money or real estateHit the Lottery Get a loan from Dad like The Donald didThe truth is – There aren’t any easy ways to accomplish wealth in real estate – even if you fall into one of the above categories, you still could fail financial and with money much faster.

I worked for Wells Fargo, once upon a life, if you can't pay, you may lose your property.Go with a small community bank (under a 3 billion in assets size).

@Adrian Valdez I'm going to be extremely honest with you and I hope it doesn't come off improperly.What you're suggesting is literally the equivalent of playing the "real estate" lottery. 

What size of down payment do you generally put down?

Try zip letters, different envelopes sizes/colors, ect.

What size is he looking for?

The return of the subway tile (various colors and sizes) with white cabinets is always considered a classic.  

Their best business plan would be to buy lottery tickets.

I also agree with @Aaron Mazzrillo and increase your list size.