It's only an option and does not damage your intent.  

Traditional brokerages should avoid being complacent so as not to be completely blindsided, the way the hubris of other industry leaders kept them from thinking they needed to adapt and ultimately caused them to become anachronisms.

Dec 2017 - Single family home - Short sale/MLS - Fire damaged house, we put in an offer the day it hit the market. 

But then if the place is damaged in an amount more than 1/2 deposit, we don't really have recourse beyond it so I'm not sure. 

I have a fire damaged house that I am looking to sell. 

Upon a sale, the amounts received from this deal would eat into the exclusion.9) The appreciation rights of the investor and the note could be sold off to other investors if either party got impatient.10) A maximum LTV on mortgages on the property in the range of 60% could be established to reduce the likelihood that the seller gets behind and does a short sale that wipes out the investor.11) If this arrangement might cause a problem for the homeowner when refinancing or taking out a HELOC, the investor could agree that the investor's interest is subordinated.Benefits: The homeowner's net worth is less concentrated in Silicon Valley single family home performance, and the investor gets a leveraged return on an asset that has potential to appreciate at faster than the rate of inflation.

Well, we'd be negative cashflowing roughly $500 /mo on the "hope" we'd find a renter for only 6-8 months who would do ZERO damage to the property so we can "hopefully" sell again next year when we "hope" the market is better and "hopefully" don't lose all our equity like we did this year. 

I'd go clean it up if it was my fault but this tenant has been there over a year and suddenly there are bedbugs so she's the cause.  

This is the cause of a refrigerator failing to cool quite often.

Security deposits do not belong to the owner until/unless the tenant leaves and there is damage beyond ordinary wear and tear.