You could sue for specific performance if the seller violates the contract, but as @Jay Hinrichs stated, it could be costly to get courts and lawyers involved.

For one, this isn't a criminal matter and so the police will not get involved. 

But in general, I am wondering the best method to contact this landlord/property owner so as to get their attention and really help them see that my purchasing this property from them would be taking a headache off their hands.

I've seen some wholesalers say that they are consistently getting deals on the MLS- their method involves making LOTS of lowball offers.

I've found a few BRRR candidates but realitors I've spoken to so far while nice and helpful don't seem very knowledgable for this method I want to do single family homes using the BRRR method.

@Jay Hinrichs Thanks for the tip...What methods would you suggest would help me with those skills before actually doing it in real time?

Under that structure you would be regulated by the SEC and the whole deal should be structured accordingly.If you are planning on having some level of active involvement in the operations and not completely relying on someone (The GP in this case) to manage your capital with the expectation of future financial return on your invested capital then you can go ahead and just go the "partnership" route.

Unfortunately many giving advice on here also have no idea of the risk involved in renting to certain tenants and will give the wrong advice.  

My advice to you and your wife and my own personal method for someone who also lives in North County San Diego(Escondido) is to take advantage of your VA loan and buy a primary house first.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.