Unfortunately, I canceled about a month in when I realized the scam.I signed the contract in good faith and tried to dispute it with my credit card company, but they lied to the credit card company, showing them only the first contract I signed.

If the contract was sketchy at 3 pages I wouldn't have faith that they will play fair. 

If you are unable or unwilling to do so we may elect to terminate the lease and request a return of our deposit--which we offered in a good faith agreement that we would be presented with a habitable dwelling--and our prorated rent.

I think the thing you have going for you is your religion; you have to know some other folks of your faith and where you can find like-minded individuals.

Yes, even the best system will see a bad tenant get through, but we've found that raising the bar cuts out 90% of what we have to eventually deal with, and for the remaining 10%, if it's a tenant who's always paid in good faith, we try to work with them within the month and, if it doesn't pan out, we move straight to the hard talk.

It is a show of faith that you WILL go through with buying the property yes?

Long story short, any owner-occupied property loan will require the borrower to show income that the lender can determine to be stable and predictable in their good-faith effort to confirm the ability to repay. 

Moreover, "[v]olitional unwillingness, as distinguished from good faith inability, to meet contractual obligations furnishes neither a ground for cancellation of the contract nor a defense against its specific performance" (Meisels v 1295 Union Equities Corp., 306 AD2d 144, 145 [2003]).  

I recently took a leap of faith and invested in a mentorship program with Tom Zeeb and his Total Traction Real Estate Mentors program.

Provide a detailed accounting of deductions, along with the invoices, to show you’re acting in good faith.