But the contract itself has a stricter timeline.I'm not entirely sure what you are getting at.You say "Right, but if there is 17 day inspection period and Sellers/Agent provides TDS on day 17" ... all this does is give buyer additional time to cancel since buyer has a certain period of time from receipt of TDS to cancel.If your goal is to give seller additional time to cancel then giving them the TDS on day 17 will accomplish your goal.The inspection timer starts upon sellers acceptance of purchase contract.Also, I'd have to go back and read the contract, but I think if anything 'material' pops up whether from inspection, TDS or otherwise buyer gets additional time to either cancel or seller to fix.

If you have cash you want to burn and can accept that you may end up loosing money on the flip.

I guess maybe I've been listening to too many podcasts where people have had low offers accepted.

As many have already mentioned, it is your agent's best interest to get your offer accepted.

I am currently weighing the potential decisions on how to move forward against each other: 1)Accept the $50 less than posted and place a tenant that met all screening criteria.2)put the home back on the market for the listing price and risk vacancy.3) propose that we agree on a rent in between, which would be $25 less than the original listing price. 

Nobody will accept an offer if they don't know whether you can actually buy it.That's especially important around here because anything that's a reasonable deal will go under contract very quickly. 

Can you do the same with rental applications or by law do you need to accept the first tenant who qualifies (I understand it is illegal to discriminate based on protected classes)?  

In a way the way how school is exactly now......I really don’t see why this outdated model is still being pushed and marketed to mainstream America.

Remember as a investor you must accept the reality that you are putting it all on the line and as such risk losing it all. 95% of new investors fail to start or start and lose/get out early.

The answer is.....it depends on what you mean by "too low".If you mean "too low" to get the deal accepted, then yes...but so what, you never offer based on what it takes to get the deal...you offer is based on what it takes to make money.