Misty Weaver that's exactly what I don't want "to get stuck" and not do anything because of fear of failure.

.____________________________________10-DAY NOTICE FOR FAILURE TO PAY RENTDATE OF NOTICE: TENANT IN POSSESSION:LEASED PREMISES:To Tenant Name:You are notified to vacate the following property not more than ten (10) days after you receive this notice unless you pay the rent due on the property within ten (10) days: Address of the propertyFAILURE TO COMPLY will result in court proceedings for the landlord to regain possession, rents owed and any other charges permitted under state name law.

This could easily put too much load on the (old) wiring, leading to failure and possibly fire.

Additionally, I would greatly appreciate any success (or failure) stories about deals done in CT so as to acclimate myself a little more to what exactly I'm getting into. 

The percentage of true owners to folks renting out their properties is close to 50/50 so I've had the opportunity to speak with many people on their successes and failures in renting. 

The purchase contract you will sign with the seller, will have forfeiture of your deposit as full satisfaction of your failure to perform, and won't have any specific performance language because you supplied the contract.

While I would tend to agree with this in most cases, in this case, so long as you send a written letter to the agent/broker explaining the timelines that occurred and that you no longer wish to work with them due to their failure to perform and that you will be finding another agent to work with who is more receptive to your timelines, then I think you are fine going direct to the list agent.

Once the documents are signed and the funds transferred, you will have a limited control over what is done to protect your funds, and/or the success or failure of the project.I encourage my investors to read every page of the documents, and have spent hours answering every question that they have brought to me.  

I was extremely close to closing on a property a few months ago but we found a foundation failure that would require a $30,000 fix (jacking up the building and re-pouring).  

Anything more than that and you are setting these people up for failure.