I have listened to the BP Podcast for a couple months now as well as others and have read their guide to real estate for beginners and a host of other books.I am an avid outdoorsman (hunitng/fishing), traveler (24 countries), and coach high school football.

So you have 21 days to get a hold of the seller, get it in contract, find a buyer, and complete the sale and there may be even more to it since I decided not to go down that path since I didn't feel I had enough experience to do it that quickly.

Find a path that works for you and persevere, but be patient. 

You're on the right path with educating yourself.  

I was thinking that I would like to find someone locally who is further down the path on real estate investing than I am who needs my graphic design/publicity/web/networking skills/property management and etc. so that I can watch deals from conception to implementation.

Good luck to you and maybe we will cross paths in the future sometime!

This is a viable path if you can assume the initial risk.

Seller, I work with a large network of cash buyers located all over the country.

This is just killing me because this deal was going to be the one that was going to finally set me on a path to financial freedom.  

If they don't have the money or don't live in the country that may never happen.