Hire an experienced real estate agent (20+ years in the biz) to run a market analysis for you.

most contracts your 5k is your liquidated damages in most contracts. .. so snag that fire the agent and find another buyer if 13k is that important to you.. for sure not worth hiring an attorney for. 

Make sure it's dated and have your agent take a picture of it on the door.Then have your agent hire a locksmith to be at the property on the stated date with any necessary contractor.

That said, I haven’t managed a long-term furnished rental, and I’m wondering if it might be less stressful.For context: I’ll likely need to hire a property manager since I’ll be overseas, and I want to make sure I’m not locking myself into a hassle.

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We’re open to offering a consulting fee or hiring for this expertise.Any advice, resources, or referrals are greatly appreciated!

The only inspectors I recommend are ones who have a background in the trades themselves because they actually know their stuff, but some buyers have read somewhere that they shouldn’t trust their agent’s inspector recommendation and they hire somebody else who doesn’t have any real hands-on experience building anything.  

Hire an attorney

Important note, it takes a lot of reps to be self sufficient as an agent so you will want to join a team of active agents that can help you through the process.Please feel free to shoot me a PM if you have any qs - happy to hop on a call to chat you through it!

Maybe hire a licensed appraiser?