I’d rather get the roof done now, than to get a buyer under contract only to find later that they cannot get insurance.  

Do you mean that if I can back out my deposit while the contract is still active?

Only way you made money on this deal, and avoided everyting being eaten up with title & recording fees and transfer taxes, was by flipping the contract - also known as wholesaling.Why can't you just call it what it is?

If appraisal is done on this one, and it came in over list price, ask the agents to update your contract to get up to 2% of the sales price towards closing costs without changing agent commissions.

While there are certainly no vacationers here, there are a good amount of people that use short-term rentals for contract work for 1-3 months.

I highly recommend seeking legal counsel to get advice on the best next steps.

Correctly priced, desirable properties stay on the market for only 3-5 days before going under contract.

It's a factual and legal question.

He has a contract with the seller which will then be assigned to me for a fee.

Hey @Liz Zack I will start off by saying that I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice.I do not know all of the details here, but it sounds like you are going direct to seller on this deal.