I am finally ready to get out of analysis paralysis and get some skin in the game!

Any more color on why from the attorneys or reasoning behind this much separation and isolation?  

She then patched every hole herself and painted over the patches in the wrong color paint.

I am going to pretend I did not read that forum, not because it is not sage advice, but because it interferes with my rose colored glasses. 

let me tell you, you don't need guru, you only need contractor that has few subcons. if contractor is trustable and subcon is loyal to them, that's where to go. the way to make money is by having less number of subcon. that's the dark deepest secret in this industry, dont tell anyone lol 

Then, if you want to get into flips in the future, you'll be locked and loaded.I find wholesaling a rather dark practice and of questionable ethics, mainly because most wholesalers don't properly disclose what they are in fact, doing. 

Give us some more color...

This concerns me as the investor appears to have very little skin in the game.

When the contractor was there they even came downstairs and started demanding to know exactly what steps would be taken (hands on hips, scrunched up face to give this some color).

Transparency is always the best approach but generally its been my experience that there are very few wholesalers that act in transparent ways to the sellers and buyers and try to keep everyone as much in the dark as they can.