I know cash flow (real cash flow with all foreseeable expenses taken out) long before the due diligence deadline passes.  

Send the required itemized deposit adding in rent/charges etc with a deadline to pay stipulating they will be sent to collections if not, send them.

There are many deadlines that must be met and you want to make sure you are protected when backing out of the deal if something does not work out for you.

One thing I learned about the 1031 process (self taught) was that I could not make a huge list and narrow it down after the initial deadline.

If we're saying a deadline for something is on a specific day... we should make it easier for people to connect w/ us on that day for questions.

If so, you need to make sure that you have at least 25% paid off before that deadline so that you can get a cash out refi.

I'm sitting on a flip property that keeps losing buyers and running up against a deadline to payoff my interest free 60k credit card loan to fix the place.

@Ryan D.Can a deadline be put on the post card?

By then I "should" be ready (I know there is not such a thing, but I need deadlines to push me).

I typically have a conversation with the buyer's agent at the preapproval stage where I explain to them that to make this deal work, they are going to have one week (deadline varies with normal closing time in your area, so maybe 3 weeks is reasonable in Indiana) from when we go into contract to find a tenant, get a lease signed specifying $X,000/mo in rent, security deposit made, with a move in date specified on the lease to be 2-4 weeks after our scheduled close of escrow, and the understanding that they can market the rental property to deliver this, in that timeframe, is the only way their buyer is getting legitimately preapproved for a $X50,000 purchase.