.* Talk to everyone you know * Find a mentor and/or consider being their bird dog -- they'll teach you the ropes, or they'll try to sabotage you (or maybe someday you'll both get to fight over deals))* Keep your actual job (you probably know this since it sounds like wholesaling is boom or bust)* Look at databases of people who haven't paid their taxes.* Make calls, and more calls, and even more.* Be ethical and make it a win-win. 

There is nothing amiss with making a profit every now and then, however you have to know when to pick your fights.

Most regional firms have this capability so you may very well find a firm in Alabama that will fit your needs.Having said that, the next order of business is to ask, what are your long term goals with this partnership? 

The more you have, the more you know how and when to use them, the more capable you are. 

I'm fighting analysis paralysis!  

If you found someone that's willing and capable of investing their time/money for 25% of the profit on that size deal, take it and consider yourself lucky.

If this is one of your first flips, it will give you experience so you will know what works next time.1- Do you think they are capable of doing all the work?

Many times wholesalers want to "vet" potential buyers to make sure they are capable of closing when the time comes.

Otherwise, the economy would enter deflation, which is something the Fed has been fight hard to keep us out of since 2008.As master Oogway said "One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."  

Funny story the UFC was in Japan, and Joe Rogan was amazed by the deafening silence in the  crowd , a show of respect during fights.