When I signed the paperwork in South Africa the bank I was getting a mortgage with made me sign a piece of paper stating that I would let them know if I ever got married.

I hope it works out for you,  but keep your eyes and ears tuned to the hard sell, and don't feel pressured into parting with your hard earned cash before you read a book or two about the particular niche you want to get into.  

I know a few wholesalers that would rather have a piece of the pie rather than nothing at all.

What makes a partnership work, is when the puzzles pieces formed by all of the above come together to form the picture that is the partnership.Now, the most important thing, all partnerships are different because all partnerships are based on different properties, in different markets, with different partners, with different desired returns and participation for earning those returns.So, like I said in the beginning, your answer was the statement you made right before you asked the question.

Your success depends on you, not a piece of paper.   

Also, that I already have most of the puzzle pieces needed to be successful in real estate investing.

How much should you be paying per piece?

By making them produce multiple pieces of information that corroborate who they say you are instead of placing over-reliance on one that can be fraudulently procured."

What I don't know are a few very important pieces that are holding me back from purchasing.Am I supposed to hire a title searcher to do a current owner search on 150 properties that may or may not even end up being offered in the sale?

There are essentially two pieces, one the BK flag the other is the thing causing the flag to trigger.