Living deal to deal off of your money is a good formula for failure in real estate.

He does not own the fruits of his labor, and he does not own his failure.

I have similar langhage in my lease that states if the property becomes uninhabitable (which could be fire, plumbing failure, structure failure, whatever it may be.

Between starting a residential brokerage, my own investing, and the accounting/managing/payments side of management for about 100 units, I never have a dull moment.That's what I think sets apart the success stories from the average people and the failures.

My lease states there is a fee specifically for failure to give proper notice.

I also plan to way overproduce my own crops to make up for possible crop failures, birds, children and guests and curious passersby, I have four times as much as I need for my own household.

And, you must be realistic with pricing in this market - over-listing is a guarantee for failure.

Is failure to get a verification back within 24-36 hours just another red flag?

Limiting yourself to a single line of thinking or a single path to the objective really blocks you in and increases your chances for failure drastically.  

If it didn't panout, it would be my failure in due diligence and I can't blame anyone but myself.