I was thinking if talks fail with the marketing agent, perhaps leverage my relationship with the acquisition agent to get the marketing agent to up their game; The acquisition agent wont want to lose my repeat business. 

Unfortunately, the Sutton Power station ash ponds are significantly (5x to 6x) larger than the Dan River ash ponds according to NC DEQ Inventory of Duke Energy Coal Ash Ponds and Wilmington is significantly more populated than Eden NC, the site of the Dan River breach. 

That's a rather vague question in the sense that real estate is a negotiation game, but you have left out critical info. 

Having said that, if you have zero skin in the game, and don't have something to offer like experience or a trade skill, it is definitely a hard sell to an investor, you need to be able to establish confidence in you with the investor.

Lots of information on this site about screening they might be beneficial.

@Sam Hickey Thanks for the additional info, I was browsing a bit on the USDA site but since their properties are mostly in low population areas I believe that wouldn't be great for downtime getting a tenant in.

And Washington counties as the Californians brought their politics with them when they came and changed the game.

There is a great thread on wholesaling on this site @Ruben Gonzales.

Gives a brief overview of a lot of different ways to play the real estate game. 

I’m just not sure what site I should use.