Quote from @Justin Mabry: Do you have the option of extending for six months?

For me it all comes down to location, unique feature or anchor, ease of releasing, and traffic counts.  

How early do you all plan and release the dates for next year?

See, I somewhat subscribe to John Locke's Tabla Rasa which means blank tablet.

You also do not need to share the inspection report.If you get a different inspector, I would ask to extend the inspection clause and state that it is due to the seller refusing your first choice of inspector. 

As the toll road completes, that convenience will extend to those who live as far north as SR44 and SR46.

Change the slope using gravel/crushed stone if necessary, extend the downspout out from the wall where you find problems.If you do that well and the basement continues to look like that, please tell us.

Are all these properties focused on the college student market....you mentioned that with renting to college kids, you get parents to sign and higher rents...However, would we have to deal with higher turnover, re-leasing expenses and units being empty when school is out for the summer or do college kids stay all year round?...

Also, Ipainted every wall, did a custom closet re-org in the guest bedroom, updated with new lighting and fixtures, knocked a part of the bedroom wall out to extend the master closet (and added addition slider door storage space above the closet), saved a dilapidated pergola, and did a bunch of stone work and landscaping to create a backyard oasis.

Then hire a separate local person--could be your Realtor, home inspector, different contractor--and make them sign off on every item before releasing payment.