Took tons of work and will power, but I'm in the process of looking at some financing options to finish the work and get a duplex.

The thought of the work involved in perfectly articulating this difficult and personal experience in the way that would be best is too much for me to take on mentally and so the below is my compromise in an effort to produce something rather than the inevitable nothing if I continue to wait until I have the will power to make it perfect.  

It doesn't factor in the persons will power to learn and outwork everyone. 

Will power of attorney suffice for someone to purchase a property in your behalf? 

Usually I am the type of person that has been chronically late, fickle about my interests and goals, prone to procrastination, and generally weak in matters of will power; and I realize that this admission might weaken my chance of working with those who read this should I not succeed in the near future, but I am posting this in part for those who might be or might have been in the same position.

Once i built the courage to finally make some calls, the Real Estate Gods tested my willpower on the first 4 leads.

Generally, that won't happen with an attorney.I understand everyone wants to form their company on the cheap, you can accomplish some things, I'd say most OAs that are canned boilerplate are probably trash, you should consider your other assets, your estate, Will, Powers of Attorneys, matters with heirs to build a sound, orchestrated machine to run your personal side along with your business interests, I bet less than 10% here have a fine tuned orchestrated and operational contingencies.

Unless you're very strong in the will power department, you'll easily be steered away from investing and get caught up in traditional realtor activities.

I know investing is about confidence and believing in your process, knowledge, and will power - but it has been difficult to get started and have a track record to push me along to something I want to do the rest of my life.

She just doesn't have the  will power to maintain it, deal with tenants etc.