Ok, so now that I'm totally bummed out by your tale of woe (whoa!)

Like Jason I am bummed to be seeing this a bit late, but glad to see there is another date set! 

Canceling the contract without proper justification (those reasons should be spelled out in the contract) will get you sued for "specific performance" and/or "fraud in the inducement" and the seller may well look for consequential damages.Proper justification for canceling the contract is normally limited to home inspection and mortgage approval. 

I was bummed, but started looking into off-market leads.

I'm not convinced that much retail will survive Amazon-induced apocalypse, r u? 

My daughter went with a Lenox furnace & a/c. 2 yrs later (2016) both the blower & inducer motors died???.

Below market rent keeps em there, huge $ up front shows they're probably not bums. 

So is this market run real or low interest rate induced?

I was really bummed out to hear this because im not sure I can afford the extra 2k (looks like im eating ramen noodles for the next couple months). 

I found the following article to be interesting:https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/homelessness-soars...Nobody wants homeless people in their neighborhoods yet those very people buying the houses in today's market are in...