If you believe it is a smokin' hot deal, I'd get legal advice about terminating the contract and, once the contract is terminated, I'd have the attorney make a polite inquiry of the owner to determine if they are, in fact, in contract with the flakey wholesaler.  

Houston would take some getting used to climatewise...you should visit in summer as it is very humid and hot and summer is long.

I'm sure he's up to his eyeballs in paperwork and managing this loss so I want to strike while the iron is hot but not offend him at the same time.  

I have two rentals here and the market is very hot on the real estate sales side of things.Lots of demand for rentals from folks who want to live by Lake Lanier or get their kids into the Forsyth county school system which is one of the best in the country.People who live in Cumming, although seemingly far from Atlanta, will commute to Buckhead, Marietta, Alpharetta, Johns Creek, or even other parts of Metro Atlanta in some cases.Let me know how I can help.

Sell in my hot localities and stay steady in my strong cash flowing market that I have a majority of my investments in.

We didn't do anything like install a hot tub, fancy lighting, fancy bidet, etc.

anyplace outside of war zones is insanely hot and rental prices are high as hell

Doesn't surprise me, flipping work best in rising to hot market... but could be falling knife after the peak.

I'm considering a 12-unit property that has the heat type listed as Hot Water/Steam.  

But, I will say that "Maximis" is actually a very sexy spin on the name.