I appreciate that :) I tried posting the app and text conversation so folks could get a good sense of what went down, but for whatever reason it wont let me "Attach" anything....I thought it was my device but when I tried a different source the same thing Happened....

My advice for the future: build relationships with your buyers, see what they're looking for, and lock up a deal that meets their criteria. 

It saves money selling flips, it monetizes more leads, more than pays for itself and allows you to not waste time screening calls, but meeting sellers and locking up deals (and you instantly come into that situation with some credibility).  

I guess I should have done a BP search because I found a few more threads on it after reading you post.Looks like I have a sweet deal locked up.

If you lock up a property, then sell it by representing yourself as an owner (list it in MLS), then yes, that is prohibited.If you have an assignable contract and a buyers list and sell your interest in the contract then no, that is not illegal.

Get approved for the loan you can lock rates and figure points and everything else out.

Lock it up and get a deal!

I would bring this situation up with a local real estate attorney and fill myself in more completely on landlord/tenant laws and rights but you can also think that if you rent the house to 4 adults knowing at some point from the start they will each take one of the rooms you provide lock and keys for each room.

I would like to lock this in to prevent this negotiation from going back and forth over the next 6 months.

Ouch and ouch.The city's failure to adequately pay into retiree pension funds, coupled with an Illinois Supreme Court ruling that locks in pension promises at their current levels, left the city few options.