So Douglas, @Doug Pretorius this means that when I "assign" my rights to a tenant buyer, I'm thinking my personal information will remain on the lease & option paperwork?

He does have a lot of background knowledge and info about this market, but he seems to be very lackadaisical in my opinion on generating interest and reaching potential buyers.

The seller and I have agreed upon pricing and I am in search of a buyer for rent or a flip.

Doesn't mean that you won't be able to find a buyer if your house hits the market in Jan/Feb, but you may have to hold a little while to get the price you want. 

Absentee owners.Asking price reduced $15k in June.Here is my question:In order to be a cash buyer, what is the best route to take if I, personally, don't have the cash reserves? 

So if I get this house I am looking at under contract and the owner lives there, how do I go about doing a showing with an end buyer?

That's why the buyer went to the other street & why the seller on your street had to put it on sale to get it sold.Never rent in owner occupied areas. 

However, you can still run into issues if you finance the wrong buyer and they stop paying.

Example: Property goes under contract with distressed owner /=/ property gets marketed to cash buyers /=/ another wholesaler comes along interested in the property with a cash buyer in hand ready to buy /=/ contract gets assigned to secondary wholesaler /=/ wholesaler assigns to end buyer and closes within the contracted time frame of the original owner to wholesalers contract.

some youtube channels recommend finding buyers first , asking their criteria but some say to find the deal first market it & then buyers will come to you ?