If you sign, make it contingent on the septic inspection (call the county for this), Make it contingent on getting financing (this will require an appraisal).

Hey BP,In contract for our first deal past contingencies.. 

Of course it would need to be contingent on the partition, no new restrictions, easements, etc.

This is an off-market deal, and I will probably not go into contract without some inspection contingencies given my margin for error on my first deal. 

Going in I knew it was tenant occupied but on a month to month (but paying weekly) and it was a fast close and typically I deal with any inherited tenant situation while still in escrow and have some kind of contingency/agreement in place for that but I bought through a wholesaler this time and it was basically a no contingency deal.

Ours are not contingent upon appraisal among other important tweaks. 

All the eminent domain lawyers I met with work on a contingent fee basis.

And said we could ask for that info through a contingency on the offer.After a few messages back and forth she unveiled that the sellers agent was most upset that she asked to change the realtor fee from 2% to 3%.

At what point do I put the utilities under my name, because the offer can always fall through if the finance contingency is not met?

Luckily I paid him as certain items on the spreadsheet was checked off and I always add a 10% contingency to my repair cost.