Both are opportunities, however I would like to ask to the Pros which one may be better as a first time home buyer/investor, as I do not have anyone in my current network that would be able to advise.

How likely that the buyer would accept offer that way below what they're asking for?

In CA I can email title company day of the sherif sale and within two hours I’ll get the clear to close title very or detail title report..... i am finding it very difficult here on the east coast  when I was an active buyer of courthouse steps our title company kept a running spread sheet of every NOD in the 3 county area and updated it daily for us.. then we call customer service morning of and they do a date down for us on the phone..  

When marketing my contract for assignment, can I then use the non-refundable EMD that I require from my end-buyer to then fund the EMD promised to my seller following the inspection period?

I am doing my 1st owner finance deal where I am the seller, providing financing for the buyer.

Lastly where Real Estate was the headline the last couple of years we are now a footnote with merely a couple of paragraphs In the end I stand by my post from early in the week, high priced markets are going to struggle with slow listing growth and buyers revolt making Supply of inventory shoot past 5 months very quickly. 

I received a modification to my original offer on my first deal stating that the current security deposits would need to be transferred to the buyer’s (my) designated holder that “shall be a licensed Georgia real estate broker.”

I just listened to a podcast last week where the seller was so far under that they wrote a check for $30,000 to the buyer just to get rid of the house.

I am doing my 1st owner finance deal where I am the seller, providing financing for the buyer.

In my area, we’re seeing massively inflated housing prices due to domestic and foreign cash buyers and creeping interest rates but I don’t know any other market.I need to make sure our first move is a good one and have a lot to learn.