If a deal doesn't make sense, focus your energy into finding a deal that does, instead of wishing this one did. 

Or not worth the time, energy, money for turn over?

But there is a pattern I've observed:  Go to a "free" seminar, get pumped with the idea of no money down REIGo home and start wholesaling Don't find a deal in a year Abandon the REI dream I say to people all the time if you have some money $25k or more [and you do Maria it's in your home as equity], then buy something just skip the wholesale step unless you are like super young with a ton of energy to dissipate on chasing sellers and investor "buyers". 

He goes into great depth on the different phases of your business and where you should be focusing your time and energy at each phase.Hope this helps.If you have the ability to get 30 yr mortgage, then thats the correct approach for your phase. 

Anything I can do short of blighting the bullet and doing it myself?

We dodged a bullet being commercial. 

I am going to start a significant remodel of my house in Santa Monica and wanted to maximize all possible rebates, grants or energy rebates that are available for new roofs, windows, appliances, insulation, landscaping..ect.I have a basic list (local municipality and appliance rebates) but didn't know if there was anything that I was missing or didn't know about...possibly other agencies?

My thoughts are based on my experience Selling/Managing Residential Real Estate and my research/observations into the field of Real Estate Investing.If you are interested in Real Estate Investing I would suggest you research the different types of Real Estate Investment types and find the type that matches your budget, experience, goals, risk tolerance and energy requirements (among other self selected criteria).

Better yet, instead of concentrating on this commission perhaps spend more energy working on your next sale or existing ones.

However, I often find myself thinking that there is more opportunity out there for me to be had, and real estate has always intrigued me and I have invested a ton of time and energy into learning as much about the business as possible.