As for other ideas - a good one is to offer incentives to the contractor for hitting deadlines.

If he has missed the deadline per local law, it will likely be an expensive lesson for him.

I put in the letter, the foreclosure date, the deadline they have to respond to me where I could still help them, and what I offer (not cash but benefits of selling to me).

The repayment terms for a 401k participant loan are equal monthly/quarterly payments of principal and interest (typically prime plus 1%) over a 5 year term (longer if used to acquire your principal residence).Please note that if you take a full $50,000 and then pay back the loan, you can't take another $50,000 until 12 months after the first loan was fully paid back.Per the loan offset rules that went into effect with the 2018 Tax and Job Act: if you leave your job and the loan is current at the time you leave your job but then the loan goes into default because you left your job, you will have until your tax return deadline (including any timely filed extension) to make the loan current by depositing the outstanding balance into an IRA (and thereby avoid the taxes and penalties that would otherwise apply). 

I did request a notice to vacate in writing, but maybe I’ll have my attorney put a dead line on it and request the lease, rent roll, and background/screening, etc.  

To overcome analysis paralysis, set a deadline and keep your goals clear. 

You saw they weren't maintaining the lawn, but you allowed them to stay.When you see a problem, I recommend you give the Tenant written notice of the violation, specific instructions for correcting it, a deadline for completion, and notice of a follow-up inspection.

If you did not have funds the wholesaler could easily loose the deal by missing a real buyer and missing his deadline. 

When I began, I also gave myself a deadline and stuck to it.

In Philadelphia, a property is considered tax delinquent nine months after the city's March 31 payment deadline passes.