I recently decided to go with rehab route and looking a wholesaler and/or investor friendly real estate agent.

What if decides to go after it on his own and cut me out completely?  

I've always had an itch for "flipping" stuff, but never the guts to go large.

honestly, your questions indicate you are NOT ready yet. you gotta read more. there are some really basic things you are not getting. also, it sounds like you don't have much money.flipping is...hard. even when property values aren't so massively appreciated like they are now. so much has to go right. you need to know your market very intimately, know your costs to a tee, and have plenty of time to coordinate trades.when people like yourself show interest in flipping in this area, it makes me worried that we are in a bubble....only difference from last time is that you very likely can't GET financing now.

There is a large military population and they are all over the but Virginia Beach is the more desirable for them unless you are renting in the Ghent section of Norfolk which is the nice section of Norfolk.  

Currently constructing first SFR ground up 4200 sqft on Eastside set to go on sale in 3-4 weeks. 

I'm a person want to go to another label buy and whole

I would also add to go and check out the webinar in the education tab and look at “ How to analyze and find rental properties”.

Is there a rule of thumb for how to go about securing deals like this?

I guess it would depend on what you're ultimately trying to achieve - it may be a better choice to go directly for a brokerage license, or to not have any at all.