Assure them in return you will be professional, offer them a great warm safe property , and that you will respond promptly to needed repairs as they come up .

I've told her I will help her with any legal fees as long as I can have assurance that she will sell the property to me once everything is cleared up. 

Rest assured, it will not happen again.Lesson learned,  time to grow and move on.

that's a lot of bread to get the leads.. so you need tons of seed capital.those that have little to no marketing money to start .. pretty tough unless you bag a deal right out of the gate to keep you going.its the same for real estate agents getting started in that industry.. when  I had my shops and interviewed new licensed agents it was something we talked about.. you need ONE years of living expenses in the bank to even think about starting in this business.. same with wholesaling.. to try to do it with no money while it can be done .. flame out is virtually assured because of lack of capital in your small business. 

I questioned this date, before signing the purchase offer, because we needed to move in ASAP, and the ad stated ASAP and the seller's Agent assured us he had already purchased a home and MOVED OUT. 

I would focus on the completion date and get assurances via email that he is on track. 

Hi Jessica, here are the folks I work with and recommend them - rest assured I don’t make a dime off this :)Mortgage - Vine group - boutique firm with a focus on investors.

I'm kind of risk averse and would rather be assured a little cash flow.

If you think you have found a $150k house for $100k you are almost assuredly wrong.

After doing Airbnb for the last 5 years I can assure you, at least in my area (NYC), that guests are booking last minute more often and I'd expect that trend to increase.