I've always felt a sense or urgency visiting open houses as vultures circle and remember going to a below market rate lottery in San Francisco once and there must have been 50 people trying to walk around a small apartment sized condo deciding how much to bid.

the $7000 is coming from the lottery they expect to win in two  weeks.... 

Think of it this way, if you suddenly won the lottery and cleared 10 million in cash after taxes, would you stay in? 

I didn't inherit these properties or win the lottery. 

However, the dorm demand due to the reduced supply was high enough that there was a lottery for dorm rooms. 

Examples of Ohio-sourced income include, but are not limited to, the following: Wages earned in Ohio (note: see "Exception" below);Ohio lottery winnings;All Ohio casino gaming winnings;Income or gain from Ohio property;Income or gain from a sole proprietorship doing business in Ohio; ANDIncome or gain from a pass-through entity doing business in Ohio.

This is your buyer submitted their docs to the hard money lender the day of signing and winning the lottery with a generous and expeditious appraiser.

That way it maintains more of a lottery feel.

You could also try winning the lottery, not a useful strategy for me but I still have hope.

It's probably in the ballpark of being struck by lightning twice or winning the lottery.