If they don't buy, they will lose this down payment assistance. 

Needing tips and advice as I'm getting frustrated after several losing offers, even at full price.  

I'll lose money for 6 months so you can move later is a suckers move.If the unit is 40% under market and you want to keep them as tenants, raise the rent 30%.

Read one good TEXT BOOK on real estate with emphasis on real estate law, theory, and title2.

Because tenants in good buildings don't want to lose their homes whereas tenants who have been treated poorly over the years certainly don't care about their sleazy landlord's financial problems and they don't care as much about getting evicted for a crappy apartment.Personally, I only had two more late payments than normal during the height of COVID.

My concern then is if I ultimately cant get financing I don’t want to lose my deposit.

Complex construction projects are the easiest way to lose money, and the toughest for inexperienced investors to be able to pull off.There are a lot of inexperienced contractors as well who will gladly give you a quote for $50,000, get half way through the job and not be able to complete it or need another $50,000. 

Note, even if insurance pays for all the damage your property suffers, you still lose.

Sometimes you've gotta bring out the big guns - why should you lose money and a new tenant due to your current tenant reneging on her moveout date? 

@Darren Elliott i actually ended up losing my job and then i started scrambling to get a new one so i never reached out :/ got a new job but don't have 20% down so i started trying to set up for wholesaling