I have no clue about what I want to do with my life; I have no interests because I saw every subject of study as work, and I excelled at every subject just for the purpose of excelling, not learning.

I am a "binge poster" and tend to stay away for some period of time due to my work and then show up and read the threads and then post.

Send closing attorney & lender a copy of the contract - with instructions to begin their processes; order title work and appraisal; set closing date.8.

It seems to me paying a property manager WITH A TRUST ACCOUNT to act as middleman for the transaction would work; and be less costly.

He came over the next day and mentioned that I do not have permit on the record for all the remodel, electrical work and everything.

Great work! and

In Connecticut it is more realistic to get 1.5% but looking for properties that need work and that are under market value would help you to get to that 2% rule. 

This is almost half and sounds like a bit much to me as well. if your not in a position to do your deals any where else I would ask if they could lower the amount they want as you are doing all the work and have bills, travel and so on. be careful how you word it to your boss because you could lose the job all together which maybe a blessing as it sounds like you are doing well.

If the buyer had to verify every product description then the whole eCommerce model won't work. And

1099 income is self employment, meaning your claimed income will be ignored by any traditional mortgage lender (no, issuing yourself paystubs or showing bank statements will not work), and we are forced to just go off of what your tax returns say.