I can see why the landlord wants to use their person . . . they probably want to make sure its a quality repair. 

You will need 20-25% down and a commercial loan for the rest.Most lenders will want to lend to an LLC with you personally guaranteeing the loan.Typically, each MFR would be purchased under its own LLC, for liability purposes.Each LLC would then also need its own bank accounts for collecting rents and paying expenses.

Together, this structure will protect you personally from lawsuits, as well as keeping your investment properties isolated should legal problems come up down the road.

I have personally never heard of the county having any say .. other than I do get calls from (state of Colorado) Tax collector after I purchase something and they want to know why we paid less than market value.. but they contact after the fact..

DM me for the person I worked with. 

And then move into price points that meet or exceed the median price points for a given MSA  look for good schools etc. and do not buy in Gary at all is my personal view on this..

I can buy it.My personal Facebook page also says how we are always looking to help others with real estate issues.

Check out this great thread by Chris Piper at https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/862964-wholesaling-101-how-to-wholesale-for-beginnersI posted a link to it on my own recent thread, which you might also find useful, it has links to some of the resources I have checked recently https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/1197244-how-to-do-wholesaling-right-in-maryland-east-coast-and-nationwidePiper's thread is where I started my research and am very grateful to this person for dedicating his time to share so much of a valuable information.

I see that your location is Hawaii, I'm guessing the short term rental market is awesome there, so perhaps you could be an in person, boots on the ground for investors on that front.

Do you have reserves for your personal living expenses in the event the process takes longer and/or you aren't able to recoup as much of the invested capital as expected on the refinance?