Two weeks is very unprofessional if it took someone three days unless it was an extended weekend I would fire them.

Hearing now that East Lansing has expensive rental licenses, I may have to extend my search to the surrounding areas.

Today I emailed them for an extended longer training period. 

The last surgeon I worked for is taking care of his young family here AND sending money home to India to support his extended family.  

If you paid off 50%, they'll extend 20-25%.

They're hard to get these days but an extended closing contingent on your sale even with a series of hard earnest money can work as well.If you want to go the other direction talk to the city about some wiggle in their closing since they're really the ones causing the uncertainty.If you find the exact perfect replacement property a reverse exchange would be appropriate.  

Of course I would need some contingency, and want to know if this still could be a good approach and anything else I need to factor in and to not over extended myself?

Thanks for extending a warm welcome!

If you have multiple projects to work on (houses, pipelines, etc.) then you spread out your interests, which generally extends the "honeymoon phase".  

I held up my end of the deal but the bank never signed the contract by the deadline they had set so we had to draft an addendum extending the closing.Then was the water issue.