I'm trying not to be blinded by the cash, so how do I evaluate him?  

He told me the listing agent is turning a blind eye.

Unfortunately, like many young investors, I let me excitement blind me and I bought the property site unseen...you can see where I'm going. 

I have noticed whilst driving around a small ground floor apartment, it appears to be unoccupied, blinds are closed and i can see mail piling up between the glass door panel and the curtain over the door.

This seems like a personal financial decision that shouldn't be promoted to the masses, considering the masses are blinded by the hand picked examples of the great wealth to be made in RE.

Take all of the appliances, the kitchen, the bathroom vanities, pool screen cage (my property does not have a pool) pool equipment, a/c, hot water heater, blinds, flooring, ceiling fans, ceiling lights, etc, etc.If they don't agree to pay you $5,000 to leave, take or sell everything in the house including the entire kitchen.  

Would this be a "blind closing"?  

Maybe I'm completely blind, but I don't see a search bar anywhere. 

How do I go about finding a blind pool investment group in the areas I'm interested in investing in particularly if investors cannot be solicited publicly? 

Your business will run WAY more smoothly and your throughput will increase significantly vs. dealing with a ton of buyers where 97% of them are wholesaler wanna bees looking for JV deals, or buyers that are so unorganized and unreliable it actually makes you lose money.Stop looking at blindly growing your buyers list, instead look to decreasing your numbers while increasing buyer quality!