You will need to be informed enough to know who to hire and who not to hire.

The inspection contingency gives you the opportunity to hire a licensed inspector to inform you of any property defects, which you can negotiate with seller.

Did you even hire him?

@Robert Davidson, I have been working on obtaining the information needed to market to personal reps and Divorcees.  

Until Detroit gets good leadership, has money to hire 4x the police force and crime decrease for about 5-8 consecutive years, its a speculative investment. 

Originally posted by @Christian Paul:@James Wise, the property is listed on realtor.com so I'm assuming yes.In that case I see no negatives in hiring an agent.

I ran a criminal check on a workman  recently hired & found out he is a convicted felon & was in prison until 2011 ( crime-identity theft).

Of course, that's the last thing you want to do and if they give you a hard time about deposit, you could hire an attorney to review the P&S and see if there is an escape route you could entertain.  

Goal - purchase houses to make more moneyhow to get there - do whatever it takes. even if it's working on the house after kids go to bed until 3am and pick up materials at 6am. save every penny you can until you can afford to hire it out.the end.

I would recommend talking to a marketing rep or someone in the company and see if they can do a limited title search for free or something similar (I am in AZ so I am sure it is different where you are) I know down here we charged $65 for a full title search and most people just want to know if there are any liens etc.