You should seek legal advice from a local lawyer.Personally, if I were in your shoes, I would insert something like the following language in a conspicuous place to the offer:  "This offer is contingent on the current tenant's vacating the property no later than [INSERT DATE]. 

If I were in your shoes at your age I would buy a small MF, live in one unit (rent out the extra rooms) and rent the other unit(s) to cover the mortgage and expenses.

If I'm in your shoes, and have a good deal to wholesale, you could simply give real estate agents a call and ask if they have any buyers.

If I were in your shoes I likely would have taken the listing agent's recommendation for the closing attorney as well.

, check out my new Jordan’s, and I don’t have to listen to you because I don’t want to get my $150 shoes dirty by running around plus your only a gym teacher”.

Once in, I'd continue to save a decent reserve fund since I would keep my low cost of living.If I go with an apartment, I could do a house hack in 12-18 months depending on what kind of rent I could get.If you were in my shoes and needed to get a place, would you go ahead and go with the house hack or wait, get an apartment, pay of all debt and get a savings together and then do a house hack 1-2 years later?

I generally agree with what everyone has said about the cancellation policy, I just put myself in their shoes and offered what I could while still running my business.

Well like I said, I am not as much of a pro as these folks, but if I were in your shoes this is how I would proceed.

HELOC is best to get 20% down on another investment property to avoid PMI.Cons: you're tying up all of your capital into this one $525k deal - maybe consider using your equity as a down payment on 2-3 other homes (think of the concept of leveraging the bank's money with only 20% of your own); you can use the VA loan and keep that zero percent down which means the equity in your other 2 homes can be used in emergency situations (assuming you are financially sound enough to buy this $525k without needing to HELOC); remember, HELOCs are pushing 8% these days and they're adjustable and the Feds have already said they're raising rates in December.Being in nearly exactly your shoes, I plan on buying a primary residence with VA loan and 0% down then using equity in my other homes to buy other investment properties at 20% down. 

If I were in your shoes, below is how I would communicate:1.