On the last day the summons could be served, the process agency lets me know they need the key and made two prior attempts but couldn't get in the building.  

The deals that I've seen with no contingency are deals where there was a lot of competitive bidding for a desirable asset.There are at least 4 scenarios where an offer without any contingencies can make sense1- Very low earnest money with non performance penalty limited to earnest money2- Long future closing date so purchase contract acts as an option3- All due diligence completed prior to execution of purchase contract4- Willingness and ability to purchase all cashTax sales, foreclosure sales, final sale auctions are all examples of purchasing a property with no contingencies, other than perhaps good title - and at foreclosure sales even that's not a given!  

So prior to become an investor, I was a car salesman at Toyota direct.

In every state, the home owner can sell it prior to the actual auction.

As I will not have my financing squared away prior to visiting the property, how should I approach the seller?

Where we are hitting a snag is I am using a VA loan and my lender needs to send out closing disclosures 3 days prior to closing and since the ownership is not under the wholesaler's name, they won't be accurate and the lender won't put the wholesalers name in the documents until they have proof of ownership from him.

Where we are hitting a snag is I am using a VA loan and my lender needs to send out closing disclosures 3 days prior to closing and since the ownership is not under the wholesaler's name, they won't be accurate and the lender won't put the wholesalers name in the documents until they have proof of ownership from him.

The level of interest (100 inquires/40 showings) to the ratio of applications (3) definitely points to something in the unit or showing process that is a deterrent or amiss.And I agree with the prior posts noting many renters (your applicants), lack what we'd call "imagination" in seeing how this unit "will look" when you are done and out of the place.

Where we are hitting a snag is I am using a VA loan and my lender needs to send out closing disclosures 3 days prior to closing and since the ownership is not under the wholesaler's name, they won't be accurate and the lender won't put the wholesalers name in the documents until they have proof of ownership from him.

Matt Therialt of Epic Real Estate Investing uses a letter of intent to present offers to the seller prior to writing an actual PSA.