What happens if you tie up somebody's property for two months and can't get a loan...?

It is a risk measurement.The yield of an investment is tied to the risk associated with the aforementioned investment.

As a solar energy consultant for SolarCity I have been working with portfolio investors, helping them add value to their residential rental properties with clean solar energy, without tying up any cash flow.

If you deed your ownership to a trust - your mortgage or Deed of Trust might still be tied to the property, which makes it easy to ruin your privacy.I am not an attorney nor giving legal advice.  

Also, how can I make my offers stronger and attractive?

I'm not sure if any of that info (sqft, bed/bath) is tied to the title or anything or if the realtors just create the MLS listing based on the visual of the house having 2 bath. 

If you are planning to rehab to resell and the money will only be tied up a short time, cash is a great idea or you could look into a hard money loan, however those can be extremely expensive.

In some states a verbal contract is legal but not enforceable in a court of law.One thing if you are pursuing a short sale is to not tie up a bunch of earnest money with a short seller and have a short time in the contract.

Applying the monthly fee towards the purchase price can cause a problem, because a court may consider it a purchase contract and tie up your deed until you refund the amount.

Sellers do not want to go through the time, effort and exposure, or tie up their property, in a transaction that has no chance to close.There are those extremely rare cases, that become real estate legend, in which a buyer with little capital, and no borrowing capacity, is successful in convincing a seller of a large, expensive property to take him seriously and is able to perform a high wire act of raising capital from a variety of unconventional sources and actually complete the purchase.