State legislatures feared this would prevent people from starting new businesses in their state for fear they may lose their own own personal assets in the ever increasing litigious environment.

I might even write a contingency clause into the offer requiring the seller to pay for any code violations resulting from the CCI.Fortunately or unfortunately, unrecorded code violations are not considered encumbrances on title, so CCI and RRP issues will not prevent closing.

Even if the seller is not required to do a termite inspection, it seems like it would be money well-spent to prevent future problems.

I also prefer showing appointments vs. open houses to prevent that stampede atmosphere.

They will threaten you with this to try to prevent you from doing it but at the end of the day they don't care about anything other than getting the monthly mortgage payment.  

I went to a free guru seminar where the speaker was invoking Dodd Frank by saying that it regulated what assets a bank could hold.Specifically, he said that Dodd Frank prevented a bank from owning tax liens (and other property, but this was a tax lien specific seminar) that were about to convert to lapse.  

Is there anything I can record to protect the contract we have to prevent him from entering into a contract with another buyer at a higher price? 

Be careful about the other borrowing mentioned above - too much of that relative to your income will hurt your Debt to Income ratio and either prevent you qualifying for a mortgage or push your rate up.You also need to know what a good deal looks like and how to run sales and rental comps (or have a realtor who will do it for you - you want them to value the property from an investor's perspective - ie: most likely appraisal value after repairs).

I can honestly say that there isn't a single thing I could do in person that could have prevented any problems I've had with out-of-state stuff.

Hello BP, sometime ago i read "The definitive guide to using seller financing to buy real estate", and only thought that to prevent due on sale clause, that would mean i can only used this method on debt free property.