Estimated repairs on them are nearly 50% of what I paid for the building.Has anyone encountered this before?  

I've encountered a similar problem.

After reading peoples comments about wholesalers and being scam artists, I don't want that image, therefore the teeter thinking, get the license don't get it...ugh.

Sure, you might encounter situations that you don't know how to address, but you might also encounter situations that are straightforward and don't have any issues. 

I may not personally like it, it does sounds fishy, but I can't wholeheartedly run around screaming "scam".  2.)

@Kim Smith in addition to @Andrew Johnson's excellent response, you also need to make sure that you have money set aside for the closing costs you encounter.  

They might have a strategy that you have not encountered before, or have a new/unknown information on the areas or type of investment properties that you haven't thought to explore before :)

I would be purchasing a Quit Claim Deed (QCD) and all the attorneys seem to be more interested in getting my deal or telling me it's a scam then trying to tell me how to go about purchasing it.  

I have recently encountered a mistake that I would have never learned from unless I took action, and jumped right into it. 

Once you get further down the road and have multiple properties, then you can spread that risk out so that if you do encounter a horror story, at least you will also have multiple good things going at the same time to spread out that bad experience.I think the best thing you can do from here is to narrow down what geographic area you are most comfortable with and then start developing a team that you trust can do all of the heavy lifting on your behalf.