But there are many issues at hand in CRE apart from the underlying fundamentals of real estate that come into play when making investment decisions like cost of capital (which varies by party), investor motivations (arbitrage, tax, etc) amongst other items. 

We are in Raleigh and listed a fully furnished unit about 10 days ago and have had two separate parties interested in moving in on 5/1 which is our availability starting date.

A lot of people are loosing there jobs due to the strip closing down and a lot of the major hotels and casinos and other local non essential business.

@Bill Brandt  in the FWIW file i had a flip on the East side of the strip  starter type area.first time buyer  FHA  got laid off from Casino..

Only virtual thru 3rd party systems if they're already set up. 

You can also contact the other owners and see if they have already had a survey done or could corroborate a professional third party opinion.

Now lets say a third party steps in before the set amount of time is up and offers to pay the property owner the amount they owe to make the certificate holder whole.

My lender called it an "all hands on deck" situation.Also if you wanted the seller to do or complete any repairs before closing, it's going to be hard to get contractors out to do those so you might have to settle on a credit instead (which can be better if you can get the work done cheaper - though then you have to manage it of course, instead of just having it be done).Closings aren't happening face to face any more; many are "document closings", where the parties come in at different times and sign things separately.

If the Broker is offering a third party lead gen/crm tool then that's a different story, that way you can still transfer your leads into your own crm if you happen to leave that broker.   

A contract can always be changed as long as all parties are in agreement.