Simply remove the financing contingency, make the earnest money non-refundable and be willing to eat that cost if you fail to perform.

Long story short, we worked our butts off and to this day don't waste a dollar.For you to succeed you have to do the following:1) Don't assume that people with less than you are victims of circumstance nor that those with more than you were given something along the way.

Instead of wasting your money you might want to print out the harmful effect of not replacing the filter for residents and make sure the tenants always get a copy and warning,     Also you can take it a step further and you can-write it in the lease that "if the filters are not replaced regularly tenant understand that this will cause a $300 repair bill at the end of tenancy, where tech or HVAC cleaning co. needs to come out and clean the system."

I wasted about 5 years living and renting in various locations around Indy.

If I get umbrella policy, should I remove liability coverage from the landlord policies? 

Dont waste time marketing to properties you would/could never buy. 

If it’s not, that’s cool—you won’t have wasted a penny and can find something else.

Brokers don't like to waste time and typically bring their best deals to people who can close. 

Not detailed, but for example - clean filthy toilet $10, clean bathtub and tile $20, remove broken chair in LR and trash and haul to dump $75, etc. 

It costs about $7,000 to clear a .25 acre lot if it is heavily overgrown and needs a lot of trees removed.