Today one of the local furniture companies had an ad on tv, temporarily reducing their prices by 30% because of the economy, and will go back to standard pricing when the economy returns to normal.

Reporting the agent could temporarily stall the sell of the home.  

Renting out a room or two could help temporarily until you build up some cash reserves for maintenance and/or another down payment.

I don’t feel like working for the next 40 years to achieve what could be done in 4.I intend to stop at least temporarily once I hit 240k/year in personal profit.

Weakened demand for purchasing typically equals higher demand for renting.

@Kristina Heimstaedt If we rely on getting out of the deal on the inspection, that would mean that we are going to need to leave the physical condition contingency in, which would still weaken our offer, albeit would it weaken our offer to a lesser degree than the appraisal contingency?

Fort Gordon is a training location, so most of the troops there live in the barracks and are only there temporarily. 

It's too late to get an exemption for 2018.There is an allowance for temporarily moving away (two years) as long as you don't establish a primary personal residence elsewhere.

It is not the same as a cash offer so it will weaken your offer, but it is about all you can do until you get enough cash to make cash offers.

Understand the currency markets and its cycles of when the Yen/Euro/Gold strengthens or weakens against the dollar.