But the person seemed bent on me wire transferring within 3 days, or the deal will no longer be valid.

If the answer is no to any of these, don't count on capital being thrown your way.

The land banker, the long term landlord, the neighbor that wants to expand their home, or the horse owning owner occupant with no other options?  

However, no mass exits. 

@Jaycee Greene  No he is not a dependent on our tax return any longer. 

your comment around "approvals will be easy to get" gives me pays if you've not done this type of project before, I understand your logic, and I don't know your local municipality but it always seems to me that no matter how easy we think a project or approval is going to be, something always comes up.

There's no difference in a local flipping a house than flipping the small mixed-use building that is vacant in town into a couple commercial units and some apartments above. 

It's a breach of the broker's fiduciary duty to his client (the seller) to bring in as many qualified buyers as possible in order to get the best price possible.Private agreements by the NAR will be no defense unless in the listing agreement between seller and broker.

Not a dumb question at all, but getting a $100K loan with no track record is difficult.

- No.