Is there a tactic generally used to protect against that, or do you just forfeit your EM?

That might make things easier, but I would have to forfeit the market knowledge I gained and the relationships I have built.

I intend to take the house back if the purchaser misses a payment or doesn't payoff the loan in the agreed upon time frame (purchaser forfeits all funds at that time).  

I might listen to the option route, where you pay me x dollars for the right to purchase my property at a certain price within 30 days, and you forfeit the option fee if you don't exercise the option, but that would likely only be if it had been on the market for quite a while with no offers.      

What happens when you become the 'jack-of-all-trades' is you forfeit being exceptional at anything....

Ok so several months ago, I took in a deposit from a couple and they gave me a bogus story to as why they couldn't move in, I told them that it was customary for the deposit to be forfeited if you refuse to move in.

Example: Accident happens and a lawsuit is judged against your LLC, only assets inside that LLC could be forfeited in settlement.

I read that if it was occupied that the person can live in it during the right of redemption free, then my lawyer said no, they have to be out in ten days from sale or they forfeit any redemption rights.

If he fails to complete payment then he will forfeit the holding fee.

Which means that if I decide to denounce they will be all in big trouble and will have to pay forfeit (this is the last and most not wanted scenario for me cause I don't want to mess more the situation, I'm trying to find a solution here).