They don't know what is going on and who to trust, so by asking them questions about them and their situation I am calming there nerves and hopefully get them to like me.

X is admissible with a receipt, but Y will be subject to cross examination.

However, upon closer examination through my due diligence period, I found that the business was in flames and spiraling toward the ground.

IMO, I would ask for that clause to be eliminated before you sign the contract and if they do that, let them know you will be willing to listen to reasoning behind continuing to close at original contract price if and when it appraises low.There are a lot of midwest cities that have been wracked with foreclosures where even the appraisers will tell you it is a complete guess as to what a property is going to appraise for.

I tend to overthink things at times and have read many times on this site that "your first deal is always the hardest, most nervewracking, etc", so I'm just looking for another perspective.

Every so often though it rears it's head and I re-examine all of my reasons for doing this as well as all of the advice and calculations I am following to minimize my risk and I breath easier:)

RI laws says: 12 mature plants ("plant which has flowers or buds that are readily observable by an unaided visual examination"), 12 immature plants ("plant with no observable flowers or buds") and 2.5 ounces of useable cannabis.Not sure what yours says and that is per person.  

If you are looking for property values and other demographic information such as income, you can look on the site city-data.com and use the map feature to examine different areas of the city. 

The first time its "scary, nerve wracking, uncomfortable" the next time is a bit better progressively easier, eventually you no longer think about it.

I suppose I haven't done it yet because I'm just a bit nerves about attending,being the "new kid in school".