If at the end of the time I have not been able to secure a buyer, we can either part ways as friends or we can look at lowering the price and I can send it back out to my buyers again.

If you want "true" sales data, get your county data sets and do primary research. realtor.com is a web site owned by Move, Inc., which was acquired by News Corp.

How did you get over the obstacle of securing your first deal?

You're in good shape with what he did.When I read your post I was thinking more of putting a security instrument on the house and getting a detailed outline of your agreement that it referenced.

After reading about the HouseFlippingSpreadSheet on J Scott's web site I am thinking about buying it since I am planning on doing my first rehab next year.J's recommendation goes a long way IMO but I was curious if anyone else has any suggestions or advise about this product or any other similar products they use and recommend.

I found out that it was due to the web browser I was using. 

Maybe you could secure the master lease and then separately approach the land owner to get a sale.

If you rent locally, how much do you need to spend with security deposit and monthly rent?

Just send me $2,000 and you'll understand the entire system to financial security..........mine!

Some counties web sites are more user friendly than others you may have to look at a tax parcel map and search by the parcel in the search function.