Another approach is when someone gives notice that they are moving, financially incent them to allow showings and behave during showings by offering cash if the place gets rented to someone else while they still live there.

@Steve Vaughan  I'm not sure if this was the best approach to get out of a rotten deal however I assigned the land contract over $0.00 fee and had the end buyer sign a mutual release agreement that releases liability on all aspects of the property and gave him the rights to my Land Contract and mine has been dissolved.    

If they have an asking price, my offer on their asking price is the best offer.I approached a real estate agent about a month ago on an advertised apartment building (8 units) with an asking price and "owner willing to finance" advertised.

The valuation of the property and appraisal will be a little bit more on the income approach in my experience.

Some of them were successful, but we also likely never heard from the guys who were unsuccessful and stuck with debt and got themselves into a really tough situation on a deal gone bad with no exit strategies besides their original approach.

In fact, I'd take the same approach to any bank you're considering working with.

@Joshua SchoenbergI think you have the right approach.  

If the Seller requires that you close at their title company, you can approach it one of three ways.1) You can ask if that title company will do same day back to back closings.

Is that approach unusual?

I love your practical approach to getting it done.