The seller does have an agent - I was hoping maybe I could get him to deal off market.

Everything was progressing smoothly until I met the appraiser to provide access to the property.Right away, I sensed something was off.

It'll take time but can really pay off if you stick with it.I'm in Los Angeles and I've investing in TN and GA in the past, and currently investing in SE Wisconsin (your area).Let's connect and discuss the market.

You may be better off trying to connect with some agents or other investors/wholesalers in your area and try and get off-market leads sent to you.

No, he's not an architect, he drew all designs, floor plan, site plan, etc, and we had a structural engineer design his part, and paid an architect to sign off on them.  

All of these assets are paid off.

For your first one don't bite off more then you can chew.

I looked into a program that is called the rei accelerator and they said they will guarantee me a deal of a 60+ unit apartment building in the next 4 months and i will get to a closing table and generate $20,000 a month off my first deal with working with them.

You’re not going to find a safe way to do what you want unless you or the “buyer” has enough cash to pay off the note. 

Investing with a fund that does a lot of due diligence on the operators can add a small layer of fees but it can pay off big time if they are doing a lot of due diligence.