The landlord sent an email asking if they were prepared to commit to terms, with a lease to follow; the propspective tenant said they would be acceptable, provided that the lease was sent along shortly, and that they were no longer looking at other properties; the landlord sent the lease; the tenant then simply indicated that they had found another property.  

You're starting out an investing endeavor with the willful intent to mislead, lie, and/or commit mortgage fraud and insurance fraud, and you've posted it on a public forum.

You have to be committed to being better than everyone else in your industry every step of the way.

Why would you commit to them so much with a short term lease?

I will say the new Hostfully folks are way more professional and committed then the previous Orbirental owner.

Then you start collecting names and "soft commitments" of the amount of money people would invest if you found the right deal.  

I cannot find someone to commit to all 8 lots.  

I fastly learning that I should did a little more research into the lending process before making the commitment.

As an investor you give up some return in exchange for that passive approach but it depends on how much time you have to commit to it.Here is what I have learned over the years. 

I am definitely committed to real estate investing now as a part time thing to start, with much bigger aspirations.