Save yourself much future expense and aggravation and get the advice of a business practices attorney.  

Many wholesalers have not practiced the product they're selling enough to become effective at deciphering between what is a good deal and what is not.Nothing against wholesalers, and honestly we will likely start our own off market deal sourcing campaigns, but to us the chances of a wholesaler bringing us a deal that is a better deal than we can find/source after they've charged their fee to make it worth their time for finding the deal, It's not a deal we're interested in.On the flip side, every once in a while, a wholesaler underestimates a deal's potental, sometimes more often than not, due to their limited understanding of what makes a deal a great deal.We're always open to looking at deals to see if maybe they missed something.

Interesting idea a check made out to yourself. 

I'll have to practice more of my comping, I have read a book on wholesaling and it goes into detail about that.Thanks again for your insight!

I also agree with Mason that it likely is a good idea to manage the first one yourself just to get the learning experience. 

Perhaps you can give a general idea of the issue you're facing? 

any fundamental structural ideas you would use to reduce usage of furniture?

Nevertheless, I'll share the steps I typically take in case they can provide a slightly different perspective, offer new ideas, or help another investor who is looking for guidance on how to search records online. 

If so someone is doing you a big favor. " You plan to hold them long long term " Be open to the following idea.

If there are more large estates around, someone might love the idea of a big 2.5-acre waterfront spot.