Get familiar with the way the market ebbs and flows, know the local players and make sure you become a household name for your niche if you decide to do this full time.It is my personal opinion that you should be able to figure out if a deal is worth calling the seller's agent after 45 seconds of spreadsheet work, not 13 pages.

I figured my heart was in the right place, but as a more novice investor, you always want validation from a more experienced player in the game.

If your end buyer is serious about the deal and is an actual player, the amount won't really matter because they plan to go through with it anyways.  

To me your post sound like your insurance company weaseled you out of your Kenwood CD player out of your Chevy Cobalt and your still unhappy about.

I will have my RE License and I have plenty of motivation to work so I don't foresee any problems with surviving in a reasonable mountain town/cityI have a 50k/year casino job right now that I plan on using to save up enough to move West.

You can use GetResponse, Aweber or Constant Contact..these are the to players when it comes to autoresponders. 

The building is walking distance from a college campus and less than a 5 minute drive to downtown area and 10 minutes from a community college, 5 minutes from a hospital and in the near future there will be a casino about 5 miles from it.I have a good relationship with the landlord so hopefully he is open to a creative deal.

My dad's GF gets a phone call, she can't understand the guy and gives the phone to my dad.Hello, sir, I am happy to inform you that you have won the contest at Down Stream Casino and you have won $950,000.00!

Now you look like the skeezy player for trying to renegotiate the contract after the fact. 

Look at Networth Realty and New West realty as they are the big players in wholesaling.