Deployer Installation: Failed to validate Release Management Server for Team Foundation Server 2013

Attempting to install the deployer on a machine and getting the below error. Not sure what that means, out of turn error or what actually occurs at this step, validating release management server, during the configuration piece. The user,
that we set for the service was validated fine. The user is an service account in the TFS RM Server, is an admin on the local box as well.
I am able to get into the TFS RM Server through the client just fine. I can hit the TFS RM UI just fine as well.
Curious what would not allow the deployer to complete as mentioned below.
Any help is appreciated.
I, 2013/12/16, 14:46:26.521, Validated account to use as identity for Release Management Services.
I, 2013/12/16, 14:46:26.521, Validating Release Management Server for Team Foundation Server 2013...
E, 2013/12/16, 14:46:30.905, Received Exception : Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.CommonConfiguration.ConfigurationException: Failed to validate Release Management Server for Team Foundation Server 2013.
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.CommonConfiguration.DeployerConfigurationManager.ValidateServerUrl()
at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.CommonConfiguration.DeployerConfigurationManager.ValidateAndConfigure(DeployerConfigUpdatePack updatePack, DelegateStatusUpdate statusListener)
at System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)
I, 2013/12/16, 14:46:30.905, Work completed for GetConfiguration() call : got out of turn error
E, 2013/12/16, 14:46:30.905, Failed to validate Release Management Server for Team Foundation Server 2013.

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Hi Swanl,
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