My best advice if your not a veteran and want to continue virtual wholesaling is find a local partner or "feet on the ground".  

The reason why I ask is a lot of my contractors accept square as form of payment which they just take my debit or credit card and I've never heard on a 1099k

Long after the contractor is paid and gone I always find disappointing stuff like poorly done trim or out of square walls. 

I have a two family in journal square.

So I'm focusing on making sure I've got tons of equity in these deals--room for error, if you will--until I get back on my investor's feet again and get myself back up to the level of confidence I used to have.I'm really excited for the first time in a long time, and a little fear still comes along with the excitement.

get on your feet and go door to door and see homes that are for sale, look up homes that have sold and develop your own ability to know a deal--this is not a business for the part timers, there are too many inexperienced home buyers and investors who will bid up prices.

I'm another Houstonian trying to get my feet wet in whole sale'ing any advice for me?

If you can't do it yourself, you need a list of recently sold comps so you can determine the ARV (after repaired value) of the property - this is what you'd expect to sell the house for, in perfect condition.You evaluate SFHs based on $ per square foot, so you can make apples to apples comparisons to similar properties.

The walk ways in the house were filled with about 2 feet of trampled trash like milk carton, and beside the walkways the stuff was stacked to the ceiling.

I budget $1,000 per year for maintenance plus $.67 per square foot per year for capital reserves.Just my way.