Can someone point me to an attorney to help me understand my rights? 

I've summarized my understanding of their offering below. 

I understood that if he couldn’t move it, it would not just be on him to lose the deposit, so I could understand keeping it in that case. 

Surfice it to say, please help me understand how to get out of my 70 k loan max thinking.

Brian, I don't think investors WANT to see 50 or 100 houses before they make an offer but I would make a couple of points:1) As I tell my life partner "you have to kiss a lot of toads" before you find the right one but this is related to how you find the home...meaning if it is on the MLS - typically harder to find a deal although not impossible, if you drive for dollars you might have to look a lot of owners up but if you get to the point to see one odds start to flow in your favor2) If what you refer to is being a newbie and trying to understand what a good deal is or is not and if you have the time, touring that many properties to get an idea of value is fine.I have a w2 job and family so never had the time to specifically look at 100 properties with no intention to buy --  this is in no way a requirement.  

The good agents will stay in the space and continue to win the business of people that understand the value they provide.

This was the first document I read and it gives a lot of good information to better understand Real Estate.https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-investing

---I understand that i am basically asking the same question as i was in the first thread but i thought i would get better responses in this part of the sub-forum as i'm guessing there are plenty of people out there who are in the same situation as me in that they don't have a "stable income from a job" or are self employed and i'm wondering what method they did to be able to get a mortgage

If you make  that choice you need to understand the risk you are taking. 

Based on what I've heard from people actually landing deals, those guys @Alexander Felice mentions above, is that they have a pretty high marketing budget, understand rehab costs, and have a team in place ready to help out (rehabber, buyers, etc.).Best of luck.