I am finding some that are below 200k that are not that bad in condition.

Listing price is at 130k and agent mentioned that the seller has wiggle room to drop the price.

I informed the agent that I was a wholesaler. 

That would really be ideal.

There is a good real estate professional group in the area that I think mainly communicate via Facebook.

I personally read 2 books about wholesaling that cost me under $100, which gave me a solid foundation.

You are asking here to pay someone for their time in reality and that is where you will get pitched every program on earth when in reality, you are doing the right thing by meeting a lot of investors.

I love the idea of fix & flip right now @Abigail King, especially right now here in Chicago and I am sure it is similar for you in central Illinois -- it's winter so there are way less buyers and if you can get under contract soon you can likely rehab over the winter months and hit the spring market!   

The main reason is other buyers who are better able to pin down operating costs will either outbid you because they have their costs right, or you'll outbid them because you have your costs wrong. 

Remember, that you don't build wealth with cash flow.