I've seen a lot of negative comments about other wholesalers that's got me shaking in my boots about jumping into this business.

Roofs my have many, many layers of tiles above cedar shakes, which will need total tear-off and decking.

I have a deal under contract that goes against most of what I've been taught from Frank & Dave, Jefferson Lilly and the other experts, but I can't shake it so I'd like someone to talk me out of it before due diligence closes in a week.

No matter what you did, it was hard to shake the little monster jabbing you in the pit of your stomach, right? 

If you are also attending let me know so I can say hello and shake your hand and network a bit.

You'll be giving away equity, but in reality you have no equity without capacity to buy anyway so if the numbers till shake down to work start working with your local Investors Association for a lender that will partner with you till you have the financing in place.  

Besides that does anyone have any first time out the gate stumbles I can learn from or just any great advice they can share to help me shake off these newbie concerns? 

So talking to numerous commercial realtors can many times shake the trees.As far as the 1031 goes what you're proposing is really just a garden variety diversification and shouldn't cause any issues. 

I think perhaps the best thing you could do is reach an initial hand-shake agreement as to how you guys would like to work together, and then make it contractual on each deal.For example, I work with some newer investors that may need help executing on their deal, either for a buyer network or money for a flip.

In the commercial world there are a lot of brokers that will not take you seriously or give you a fair shake if you use a separate broker to represent you.