I'm not always right, but I waded out of a mutual fund as well and the price was down .6% as the market fell over the the remaining hours of trading but I executed the orders at the exact same time.Being able to mid-day trade earned me an extra 3.5% and had less uncertainty. 

I recently was able to get a duplex in La Grange under contract for a buyer when the previous contract fell apart.

What is my best course of action to ensure the funds come back to me since the reason the deal fell through is a result of the seller and not the buyer?

I leased a building built in the 1800s and there were multiple deals that fell through because 1) the building was grandfathered in as non-ADA compliant, but the tenant could not run their business in a building without an elevator, 2) the building was grandfathered in to not need fire sprinklers (and Ownership didn't want to spend $100k+ to put them in), that crosses off a lot of large national tenants who have higher standards.

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $80,000

Cash invested: $8,000

Purchased for $80,000
ARV $155,000
Needed 2k in Piers
1700' of flooring
Paint and Cou...

I became emotionally attached when it initially fell through.

It is a deal that literally fell in my lap.

This one sort of fell in our lap.

Have Chap flip in Fells Point under contract to sell. 

We had a flip going on the side and fell in love with it.