I then submitted two documents to my closing attorney: 1. the original contract between myself and the seller for $15,000 2: The "Assigment of Contract" contract between my buyer and myself. 

your Original advise implies that the listing agent would be motivated to submit your offer and not submit others (because agent makes an extra 1k) so the owner would accept your offer.Am I misinterpreting?

Also, in commercial do I ask the listing agent for the contract or do I submit one to him/her?  

If I've already had one application submitted to me with no down payment, and then someone comes along offering a down payment, can I move the second guy to the front of the line? 

Agreed, and realize you have to submit a preapproval from a lender with your contract. 

Obviously, there are always exceptions, but we haven't seen huge discounts after the BPO's (Broker's Price Opinion) have been submitted to the bank.

Time For Acceptance: Seller shall indicate his/her acceptance of this Agreement by signing and delivering the same, or by telegraphing acceptance to Buyer or submitting agent before __________:01 [ ]AM [ ]PM Date _______________, after such time, this offer shall terminate.18.

One too many times with my name being submitted to homeland security for depositing counterfeit bills.

Submits offer for 60k (would not pay more than 61k).Bidder 2: (List Date + 6 days) Offers 68k.NO OTHER OFFERS.Bank: (List + 7 days) Accepts Bidder 2’s offer of 68k.Listing Agent: (List + 40 days) Calls Hero’s agent and says property has fallen out of contract.

It also has a place where tenants can submit a maintenance request and the request can go directly to the landlord or to your maintenance person via email.