This gives you recourse if the buyer stops making payments as you can have the courts enforce this performance deed and transfer ownership back to you.Just make sure you have a competent REAL ESTATE attorney review the documents prior to signing them to ensure that everything is properly worded to ensure you are protected.  

Note, you may not be able to get all these things prior to an offer.

If you insist on going the path of becoming an agent, I would try to qualify for a loan (or find a creative way to finance) prior to leaving your current position.

As noted in the prior post, not really much you can do about going after an appraisal as its an estimated value at that point in time.

Typically, these things are set in place prior to close.

We basically try to do a lot of our qualifying of the seller and the house prior to an actual in person appointment.

I am still curious to get feedback from current Hazel Green investors, as I would certainly re-examine that region if the data and feedback was impressive. 

I have a 2 family that the prior owner converted to a 3 family, I tried to get it legalized, but I can't.

Prior landlord info doesn’t match reality.  

We have acquired over 500 loans throughout our current and prior offerings.