Arvo doesn't have a wholesale mode. What it gives you is the number your cash buyer is solving for: an ARV from filtered sold comps, a repair estimate, and the flip max allowable offer. Subtract your assignment fee from that and you have your offer to the seller.
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The part in parentheses is the flip MAO on every Arvo report: ARV from the median $/sqft of filtered sold comps, minus the repair estimate. Your fee is the one number you subtract yourself.
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ARV × 70% minus the repair estimate, shown on the Fix & Flip strategy. There is no fee field; take your assignment fee off this number yourself.
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Arvo doesn't model assignment fees or double closes. Once you have the flip MAO, the spread is simple subtraction: buyer's max price minus your contract price.
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Open the Fix & Flip strategy on the report. Check the comps behind the ARV and the repair line items, then note the max allowable offer.
Flip MAO minus your target assignment fee is the most you should offer the seller. Arvo doesn't do this step for you.
Wholesaling is a numbers game played on a tight margin. You put a distressed property under contract at a price low enough that a cash-buying investor will still profit after you take your fee — then you assign that contract for a spread. Get the math wrong and the deal dies on your buyer's desk; get it right and you collect an assignment fee without ever owning the property. An Arvo report gives you the two numbers that decide every deal: the After Repair Value and the maximum allowable offer. Arvo gives you both for a flip; you subtract your own fee.
Even though you'll never renovate the house, the After Repair Value is your anchor, because it's what your end buyer (a flipper or landlord) is solving for. ARV comes from recent comparable sales of renovated homes near the property. The more defensible your ARV and repair estimate, the more credible your deal package — and the faster a cash buyer says yes. Arvo lists the sold comps behind its ARV, including the ones it threw out, so a buyer can check them.
Your offer to the seller has to leave room for two parties to profit: your cash buyer and you. Start from the buyer's classic 70% rule (the flip MAO on an Arvo report), then subtract your own assignment fee by hand:
That final number is the most you can offer the seller and still deliver a deal your buyer will take. Offer above it and the spread vanishes; the property sits and your earnest money is at risk.
| After Repair Value (ARV) | $300,000 |
| Estimated repairs | $50,000 |
| Buyer's max price (70% rule) | $160,000 |
| Your target assignment fee | −$15,000 |
| Your maximum offer to seller | $145,000 |
Lock the property at $145,000 or below, assign the contract to your cash buyer for $160,000, and the $15,000 spread is your fee. The deeper the discount you negotiate below the MAO, the larger your margin — or the more cushion you have to move the deal quickly.
There are two ways to get paid. With an assignment, you transfer your purchase contract to the end buyer for a fee — fastest and cheapest, but the fee is visible on the closing statement. With a double close, you actually buy and immediately resell, keeping your spread private; it costs two sets of closing fees but is useful on large spreads or where assignments are restricted. Either way, the underwriting is identical — it all comes back to ARV, repairs, and MAO.
The best wholesalers build a cash buyers list first and reverse-engineer their criteria — the zip codes, price points, and property types their buyers actually want. A clean deal package with verified comps, a credible repair scope, and clear profit math is what gets a buyer to commit before your inspection period ends. Any paid Arvo plan exports the report as a PDF you can send. See a full sample deal report or run a free report on your next lead.
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