If you insist (perhaps) try a for a specific niche or theme maybe. who knows

Some wholesalers insist that money should be paid directly to them.

I am just an average Joe trying to sell our house to investors (ski resort town three hours east of SF if anyone is interested) - I just wanted to check in and see: Is it common for an investor to insist on entering into a contract before they inspect (where they have 2 weeks to inspect and cancel if they don’t like what they see & if they do they will close within one month)?

This is not the end of the world, and the best way to deal with this situation is to ask other agents to help you when you simply can’t accommodate a client at a time that they insist upon.

After receiving the funds, the guy came back to us stating that he tried everything to convince his "client" of our situation but the insisted that to do the deal they would need $10,000. 

---So, insist on them providing the rental application and supporting docs for your review.

He insisted on micromanaging them and communicating with them himself, put them on "payment plans" that resulted in them getting even further behind, ignored my suggestions to serve 5-days, then looked at his account one day and realized just how far behind they were and that they would need to be evicted (we've already been through one - a few of them I was able to get on track), and blew up blaming everyone but himself.

Normally if I have a seller that insists on open house, I'll find a new agents to do it.   

@Bonnie LowI own one right here in Sisters I was scarred to go to far away for my first one. 

Building codes are continually changing.If you are insistent on living in a property under to today's code, you need to live in a new construction property.