My wife is considering a job move to Dallas and we are looking at houses in the area ahead Welcome to Texas. 

In the future, a) get a super detailed Scope Of Work and ironclad Contract. b) Do not pay more money as a progress payment than the amount of work that has been performed, that way you are never ahead of the Contr or vice versa.Your options (depending on how much he owes you) are Small Claims Court, the State Registrar of Contrs, and possibly the local DAs office or State AG if the amount is higher ($50k ish)Good luck, let us know what happens.

At this point, I see only 3 options1) assign the contract to someone else, meaning sell the apartment (but I will need approval from the developer)2) talk to the developer and ask for a minimum one-week rental (Min City Regulation) at least for the 1st year to get over the bad time.3) to just go ahead and purchase the apartment and suck up any loss I might make and try to get in refinanced as soon as possible with a lower interest rate.What are your thoughts?

And when you hit that right "Discount/SALE" all hell breaks loose as most often several all rush to complete applications asap, or pre-app's, whatever. 

Hey Leo,Great question and it's smart you're thinking ahead on this.

First off, I apologize for the long ramble ahead, but I want to give you all a clear picture of where I'm at.

I wouldn't let them stop me from moving ahead at all.....Maybe ask for $2000 cash (to close the deal) back  just for fun.

I went ahead and used KGKB to create a cost segragtion report for my property and I have provided some context on the steps that I took before landing on this decision.

She asks nervously, "what do you think you could do for this I'll only know 10 days ahead of when I need to move?"

In the long run, you'll be further ahead, but in the short term you will be putting in a lot of money and not getting anything back.Giving them 1 year's notice that rents will increase and letting them know they can move out at anytime with 30 day's notice will give them time to find a new place.I'm also assuming you aren't in an area where there are caps on rent increases.