To really know what you are doing will take years, but you learn along the way, trial and error.  

I am about to finish my 3 month trial at Crossfit 9 downtown St pete,fl.

@Wayne BrooksThere was NO correspondence between any of the parties which would indicate an extension of the Contract past 1/28.The demand for EM was after this date.I also think we have to keep in mind that damage to the Seller is not due to the Buyer's actions but from the Seller's Civil Case.HOWEVER, there is significant damage to the Buyer, for instance, increased mortgage interest rates, cost for application fee, Title Search, Attorney retainer, etc. which are caused by the Seller's inability to deliver marketable title.As far as if Kevin is still in Contract, the date that was last communicated by the Seller's Attorney was 12/1/2017 where the Civil Trial was to occur but then was postponed to 1/29.Kevin verbally corresponded to John the Sellers Agent and said that if the 1/29 date is further postponed, we would cancel.Additionally, the Mortgage Bank Canceled the application due to uncertainty. 

I'd then say that it can be a trial run for the first property to see if you both work well together.

Adjustments can then be made for slight variations like 3 bedroom vs 4 bedroom...As a side note, there are some buyer search parameter considerations.

We renovated and recently sold a large beachfront home in Costa Rica and I intend to design and build two more on adjacent land, so what I am doing here is really a trial run for that. 

One valuable lesson I've learned through out my negotiations so far is that I can expect anyone/everyone involved to attempt some variation of this, but that it's not productive to get angry at them for it. 

(Variations of this are probably the most discussed/recommended here at BP).

If that's your goal, short term variations in value don't make a lot of difference.  

And partnering with people who have done it gives you a fast track to the know-how vs a trial by error approach.