It strikes me as bizarre you can do that.  

Strike one: don’t have property under contract.

You might get lucky and strike right at your ask.  

Which strikes me as self-evident, but I thanked him and waited for the bill.

Finally I don't mean to hurt your feelings, but your statement about them not performing the work or being out of business strikes me as either incredibly naive or that you are a plant. 

I had originally written in my contract that a certified plumber inspect the piping and my daughter, the realtor thought it was restrictive and asked to strike it as a contingency.

Couple weeks ago on a flight to Tampa, fellow beside me strikes up conversation, he was a builder, now he has a gig running the renovations for one of the hedge funds that is buying up a lot of properties in Bradenton, Sarasota area.

And they tend to strike out more.

You add a strike plate to the exterior bottom.

I'd love to have a "one strike" rule here.