Not an excuse to expose myself unnecessarily.

Alot of people are afraid of due on sale, but unnecessarily.

I think you unnecessarily created a crisis for yourself. 

I'm not an investor, but dealing with 5 new investors at once trying to jump on a deal together seems like an unnecessarily difficult prospect. 

I know you asked a specific question that I'm not giving a helpful answer to but why like this, it seems unnecessarily complicated?

My question or concern here is that as a first time home-buyer I definitely need more information in this regard, but am hesitant to get pre-qualified since I might not be in a position to buy by the time that pre-qual expires and I don't want to ding my credit score unnecessarily.

That said, in business, and life, it is best to deal with things fast and effective than drawing it out unnecessarily, causing more pain and stress along the way. 

But, you won't know who to talk to or what education to ingest if you don't have a solid vision or goals. 

It means I am betting he won't pony up the monies to correct the issues and likely won't agree to pony up to make me whole to walk away, thus, I will likely have to go to court to recoup my funds (EMD and costs I have unnecessarily incurred due to his failure to disclose pertinent information per the contract.As to the other question regarding my expected ROI, this was to be a buy and hold with about $250k in rehab (deferred maintenance and improvements).

Bill Gulley My Tolstoy reference was not meant as a jab ... just a comment on the amount of material to ingest.