Confirm your ARV / adjust for current environment / risk and don't get emotionally tied to buying the house.

In the future as hard as it may be I'd suggest not getting emotionally attached to any one particular house. 

The X-Factor in all of these shenanigans is emotion/fear.

After pouring time into analyzing it, quotes from lenders and insurance agents, money into inspections, and getting attached to the idea of owning my first property, I had to realize that I needed to pull emotion out of the decision and let that first property go.

I don't want to make an emotional decision. 

But from what I have gathered so far, selling is emotional, you can follow up with someone for years, every month.

A realtor has a set of eyes that may be more creative and looking at it differently than a buyer who is emotionally invested.  

Notification is usually only necessary when you initiate the entering of the property for a non-emergency, legally allowed reason.Most likely the letter is stating that the dog is an Emotional Support Animal.

I'm very emotionally attached to my primary and put in lots of custom upgrades (think lots of hardwired tech and smart home) and my 3 young kids live in it and my long term is definitely to hold onto it.

Don't let your emotions get in your way here.