I asked her to remove this portion then that we would pay if they failed to.

Where most people fail is in creating the relationships and client base to continually produce leads and sales that lead to even greater success.  

So things that are showstoppers for me will be fine for other people.The 2 principals of DiversyFund Inc also ran a previous real-esate investment firm from DiversyFund.com called CCFG dba ("doing business as") DiversyFund.Per the Better Business Bureau on CCFG dba DiversyFund in 2017: "The company stands accused of secret profit or undisclosed compensation, use of false or Fictitious Business Names, failing to submit independent audit report, failing to file with the BRE the Quarterly Threshold Reports, failing to supervise the real estate activities of the company, inaccurate and incomplete trust fund records, inaccurate and incomplete recording of separate record for each beneficiary or transaction, and failing to maintain the monthly reconciliation of all the separate records or transactions to the balance of the record of all trust funds received and disbursed."

The previous effort, dubbed CodeNEXT, failed to win support from major stakeholders and fell apart last summer.

I was listening to one of the Bigger Pockets podcats the other day and the guest said that when they first say they are interesting a house and before they make a earnest money deposit they have the home owner sign a contract saying that the purchase is contingent on them finding funds/loans to purchase the house, home inspection, etc etc and if any of those items fail to happen they get their deposit back.I have a few questions about that.

The goal is to buy and hold a property that produces positive cash-flow (doesn't have to be a lot - I'm just trying to have a first investment that doesn't fail). 

Once you have a team you can trust, the challenges and risks are the same whether you invest at home or out of state - problems do arise, contractors do fail from time to time, so having back up companies, and people you can trust is very critical. 

Failing that, small claims court.

I am the seller, and the buyer was getting VA financing. The VA required me to pay for the WDO (termite) inspection. It looks like the deal will fall through because the house did not appraise for the contract price (...

Titles will be sent out within 10 days, but no less.The reasons home go to auction is simply when owners fail to pay several months of payments then the banks go back to reclaim the home, this becomes a foreclosure.