With online banking, it is not so uncommon for a buyer not to have a checkbook.What do you do for earnest deposit money If your buyer does not have a bank account?

They literally can't wait for a traditional funding mechanism if their contract gives them 30 days and it takes 45 days (not uncommon) to get through a loan process. 

But helpful to hear it's not uncommon.

It's not uncommon to spend far more in rehab costs than acquisition of the property itself and without knowing exactly what you're getting into there's a lot of risk, especially for an out of town investor.

It is an addition to, or change in, the contract.Amendments are not uncommon and they are used for everything from a request for payment for repairs (after the home inspection results come in) to changing the closing date.It’s easy to remember the difference if you think about our ConstitutionAll those constitutional amendments we know and love were items added AFTER the Constitution was ratified, right?

It's not uncommon for an investor to revisit those properties even if they have been sold or gone under contract. 

Could end up hurting the sellers in the long run as they may be increasing exposure and reducing prices.It's not uncommon for sellers to request larger escrow deposits on vacation homes.

It's clear that they never actually read the lease (my husband said he never read his leases when he was a young, renting man, so I guess it's not uncommon, but my husband isn't a dirty moron either).

Should pay you up front and at time of exercise if done properly.Both of these strategies are extremely uncommon in most markets these days so you should have plenty of time to research LOAs while you hunt for one. 

Its uncommon to pay taxes outside of the mortgage payment