With some REOs if you're a non-owner occupant your option period is only for you to get out of the contract, but they will not refund any EM deposits.Also, when picking your inspector or GC make sure they know how to cost repairs in a home that's been winterized (water lines and gas lines capped) or electrical utilities are off.This may mean bringing an air compressor to pressure test lines and a generator to check mechanicals.

It saves space in the car when they don't have to bring one.Adding things like a chair mounted high chair (which I think you mean booster seat), little step stools in the bathroom cabinets and we actually have a Diaper Genie as well.

That takes a lot of the pressure off because I am not concerned about the timing of the next real estate cycle.  

I have flipped a few houses and currently did a complete gut and remodel house in Mount Clemens.

So I've only been looking outside of the Raleigh area, trying to stay in state for now, and looking in Greensboro, Fayetteville, Rocky Mount, Winston-Salem, and Greenville.

However the pressure i m putting on myself Is probably just as bad! 

BUT in this case you are right, if a seller starts to twist terms of the contract and tries to pressure you during inspection, that's a different dynamic.

I had the same address as my landlords (a nice older couple) and they just put a very basic wall mounted mailbox next to my exterior door and my landlord would just separate out my mail and drop it in my mailbox.

I never trust high pressure sales situations though, and the entire 3 day course is basically building you to be incredibly hungry to want more.

I really liked starting with EXP Realty myself due to the ability to consume cloud based training from home and on my schedule and have local support and a local mentor through my first few transactions when I needed it most, but no pressure to attend something when I had other obligations.