Do a local bank...preferably a community bank with reasonable wire fees.

Newer brokerage policies in our mls have more clearly separated listing and buyer broker fees, so you can likely interview nearby buyer brokers who will provide the service for a set cost or possibly work with you to represent you on an agreed upon sales commission where if seller doesn’t offer to cover it, there’s a minimum you’ve agreed to pay to broker on any purchases that are realized through their service.

Cashflow wasn’t even part of the discussion.

Others can get the benefit of the discussion.

Renter: BBecause of the appraisal, my lender, seller agent, 2 appraisers are now in a heated email discussion.

I know there are networking groups like ACRE and Pittsburgh REIA but I get the feeling that I'll be paying a membership fee to get talked at for a couple hours which is not what I'm looking for.

The only way you can get anywhere on this is to have an early discussion with the seller of whether they would consider holding the note, but you'll need to figure out what appeals to them to get them to do it.

Please cool your jets and focus on the discussion rather than regurgitated, nonsensical attacks on an entire profession.

@David Spurlock Interesting discussion. 

built into rate for my fees -Interest Only payments for 1st 18 mos.