Hello wpspeedster,
You want to become VPS reseller right? If this is the case then you can find a provider with a whitelabel (important!) reselling program and start selling on the go .
It will cost you just a domain name , SSL , Billing manager (Blesta/WHMCS) and a lot of SEO hardwork.
What we do with our resellers under our reselling program is:
- We are giving lifetime discount coupon starting from 30% or more discount (depending on the amount of active servers).
- They start their own brand with their own billing system (Blesta/WHMCS)
- Once they receive order, they place exactly the same order under their account with discount , we are sending the VPS details to the reseller and he forward it to his customer.
- Resellers cover all technical tickets they receive and escalate/forward to us in case there is an issue that he can't resolve alone.
- We are giving access to the Virtualizor Panel from where the reseller can manage/configure/ reinstall/ stop/start/restart the VPS(s) that are under his account.
We are billing the reseller account automatically or semi-manual .
Most of our resellers prefer to place a deposit but is optional.
And finally you have to be motivated because hosting is not the business from which you can become rich overnight!
If you have more questions , please don't hesitate to ask 
