I can however purchase the house cash for $30,000 without having any title work but of course take the risk on of someone potentially claiming their stake (the odds of this seem very low).

I've been frantically trying to get this deal in front of as many potential buyers as possible, not only for higher odds of assignment, but because the deadline for the EMD is approaching which could render the contract null and void.

If you get a high-paying tenant in there, you can increase your odds of increasing the home's value.

Seemed odd but I’m not an appliance expert. 

Inflation erodes the value of our money, meaning goods and services cost more over time.

It's difficult to predict the direction of medium—to long-term mortgage rates, (I feel we will be seeing more inflation over the next few years), so the fixed-rate mortgage is recommended.  

A house is a basket full of commodities, and all the parts inflate at different rates.  

I don't see rates dropping, especially if they can't control inflation, which was supposed to be under control, but appears not.

With new builds you have to watch for developers building in TI's with inflated rents on the resale.

When rental prices go up quickly like they did in many areas the last few years, that doesn't mean that a tenant's income increases at the same rate in lock-step with inflation.