This leaves out those brokers who  churn investors money to repurchase a note, it's the shell game.   

Ideally I'd love to get a one-on-one with someone in the wholesaling game(that's the best way I learn).

Do the long game and figure out your WHY.  

Once you have a small game plan or big game plan, start reading and absorbing all you can on the topic.

So you know they have skin in the game and don't have any incentive to skimp out on the due diligence (which appears to be the case on some other platforms).

I'm using the wholesale part of the business to learn the game.

Do your homework and get in the game.

If the answer is no, then you are doing the same thing as buying something on sale, because it's on sale, even though you wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't on sale.To use a Poker Expression, "The name of the game, is to stay in the game".  

It makes it more like a game now.  

I'm new to the game too and have been in Louisville for 4 years.