Do not try to rush it too much, but if you do, you better have adequate reserves to mitigate the risks.My personal rules are to have about 5-10% of equity in reserves, NOT a HELOC reserve.

This allowed me to feel comfortable buying the house and not having to worry about rushing tenants into the property.

The reason was due to non-payment.To protect yourself as the seller, it is advised to make a payment and stay at least 1 payment ahead of your buyer at all times. 

If not, I would still recommend going ahead with a professional cleaning company that has experience with mold remediation (make sure they send before and after pictures as well), if you really wanted you could give a small credit to the tenant to make them happy as well but 100% not required. 

Welcome @Brittany Henry.The major meetups are CTREIA and events hosted by @Devin Peterson, @Brandon Rush, @Stephanie Cabral, @Ryan Luby.  

Constantly look for ways to learn and grow..Business is constantly changing, so ensure you are ahead of the curve!

I have a few properties in the NC (Charlotte and Fayetteville) and would love to network and see if there's anything I can do to help others or learn from those ahead of me.

I took a look at the EOI in a rush, assumed the payment had been made, and created this mess for myself.

Hey BP Community - New real estate investor here and I want to get ahead of ‘watch outs’ or adopt some best practices that I might not have considered so far.  

If you have the contract recorded, typically the seller won’t have much option to get out (nor will they really care to) and you’ll be able to go ahead with the deal.