Our system that should have prevented all this from happening failed - my fault - but hopefully going forward, new changes/fixes/updates/upgrades to the site won't cause any visible chaos to you again.

Your lease is not what is keeping him in the house and preventing him from moving out.

This 1 month deposit prevents them from changing their mind and walking away.

The high DOM would appear to indicate that it's priced too high, or that the 72 hour requirement has prevented bona fide offers for being accepted already.

However that doesn't prevent you from marketing for houses that are good enough deal that you can pull them off.

Reading only what you included in your post, it seems anything you do that prevents you from closing would effectively override your financing contingency, and it's hard to believe a standard contract would be written so heavily against the buyer.

Here is a video tour of the CFPBs site, specifically2013 MORTGAGE RULE IMPLEMENTATION

I try to identify what we are doing well, where we need to improve, and start implementing those changes.

Ken Mcelroy is implementing basic algebra to the capitalization rate formula.

So I realize this post has been dormant for a few months but better than starting a new topic...In particular @Matt,  because you brought up the 'out-dated' issue, but also @Belinda and @John, because you seem to be familiar with the materials: Now, with implementation of DF and SAFE what is lost or missing now in a qualitative sense and how best to recognize the out-datedness and supplement.Thanks.