Hangar Flying

I am trying to get checked out in a Long ez I recently purchased before attempting to fly the plane home to Oregon.The seller had told me that Mr Bill Oertel would be able to check me out in the plane and had also just given the plane an annnual inspection and flown off the remainder of its 4o hrs to get its airworthiness cert?I was really looking forward to Mr Oertel helping me and going over the plane.Is there anyone else in the LA basin that would be willing to spend a couple of hours with me and the plane.One more thing...Does anyone have a phone # or email for Mr Bill Oertel so I can ask him about this plane as the seller was not the builder and is not telling me much.

Thanks for the info,I now am feeling much better about going to inspect the plane