The main living area is a small open kitchen/living room.

In the grand scheme of things the 10K was immaterial - both our original and revised offers were very fair - it was the message that needed to be heard ... and maybe it was.  

Then a wholesaler may still have room to resell.

I think on this particular lot that $2200 would still leave some room for some profit but if I went through a traditional closing, it would eat up a good chunk of the profits.

If it's a super common name (John Smith or something) then there's room for doubt, but if it's not a common name it's pretty likely your applicants, and I would send them an email saying I was turning them down due to an eviction on their record and let them try to explain it. 

Water "wasted" is not lost like energy that is wasted (leaking toilet water remains in the hydraulic cycle where as the light on in a room no one occupies is gone forever).

@Judy P. so far I have the seller down to 215k with 11k taxes, but I know I have some more wiggle room with him.  

A lot of these organisations / people / groups have free or low cost meetings where you can learn from a speaker at the front of the room (who is usually pitching something) but the other people in the room are all of mixed experience background and needs who you can learn as much from if not more when having a basic conversation that is often best started with a simple 'hello i'm Craig, What are you here for and how might i be able to help you?'

And although this cuts into my profit this time, the good thing is that there is plenty of room for profit.

@Tamara TaylorMy husband & I did the 203k loan.A few things..1.) we went over our 6 month deadline because of unforeseen delays(ie weather) & we had to go into our contingency a few grand.2.)