Does anyone have ideas on how to do this?

The agent tells me the seller is motivated to sell the property and had no idea the condition it is in (he's out of state), but after two weeks of submitting the new offer the seller has neither accepted nor rejected our new offer.

That I'd have no idea about, there is also the Transactional Broker/agency relationship, where the listing agent has no obligation to either except to facilitate the transaction. 

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I tried posting on craiglist, and found a few, but I was wondering where else I may find some more if anyone had some ideas.

This communicates to your potential mentor that I have done my homework on the topic of wholesaling and even started marketing.   

To give you an idea on some recent numbers I've personally dealt with.  

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So if the pro's think doing 1 wholesale deal a month making $5,000 committing 15-20 hours a week into it is a crazy idea, then it may not work, however if it is completely within the realm of possibility to make 1 or more deals a month part time then it would be well worth trying it for a year and see where it goes. 

As I see more I'll post more interesting topics like foundation repairs :p.How do you guys handle Home inspectors?