While I don't have any horror stories, per se, I have heard of people having a tenant for a year then causing $20k in damages upon move out, while skipping town to not be found again (this was a CA buyer buying from a turnkey operator in AL).  

Let me know if you want to hear more about some areas that we work with buyers on through the mid-south.

And I am constantly looking for new areas for growth.I started flipping land (owned almost 80 lots out there at one time) about four years ago then got into acting as developer where we I had builders build a couple of cabins and flipped them to end buyers. 

Second offer which is $12K lower than list price, no rate buy down, and seller won't pay the buyer agent commission.Morgage payment with a conservative LTR payment is break even,  Coc is 6.3% , and I'm super bummed that my agent won't get paid.We could put in cash to pay him, but it would come out of the renov + Furnishings cast slotted for the property.Any creative financing thinking from this group on:How to pay my agent AND not dip into our cash funds for prepping the property?

At the end of the day, 5% of $80 is more than 2.5% of $100 and the fee models used in the industry will sometimes lead the listing agent's to go from being the seller's advocate to the buyers.

This is step one CYA for a buyer, who you are dealing with.

You can get on their list for buyers and see one pre-analyzed for you. 

Furthermore, some lenders have rate lock protection from their secondary market buyer, which means the buyer has to legally honor the rate.

Buyers may be backing out for failure to obtain financing for the deal.

You are likely thinking of BRRRR just to get an asset in the box, but your scale with high rates and low inventory might still point to selling to the buyers who are still hungry and renting.