This house isn't winning any architectural design awards on the outside-- I joke that it is having an identity crisis.  

@Matt De Beer, beyond the same confusion Ken and Chris have, were you outbid or just didn't get awarded the deal?

lol most "new" jobs come with pto/vac hours already pre-awarded, so i'm not buying that.

This is a way to award/motivate the sponsor for solid performance. 

This is similar to a divorce situation where one party is awarded the property and debt, but the loan remains as a trade on the other party's credit report.

They only award the certification after completing a 40 hour in classroom (prior to COVID anyway) program and passing a 100 question exam with an 80% or better. 

If they can't manage it, have a three way discussion with your agent, their broker and you.By the way, to spend thousands and thousands ($10,000 to $25,000) of dollars to try to enforce a contract and the distraction it creates, rarely gives the outcome you think you deserve, The court will most likely side with the home owner, might award you monetary damages for money spent (not including legal fees) but is highly unlikely to force the sale.  

Home to The Ohio State University with nearly 60,000 students, 5 fortune 500 companies, over +25% population change since 2000, 2016 smart city challenge award winner gaining 50 million dollars in funding from the government ( https://www.columbus.gov/smartcity/), Intel is spending 20 Billion dollars to build two semiconductor plants, and many many more great things presently and coming in the future.

Normally the escrow agent will want mutual sign off even if its clear the contract terms indicate one party should be awarded the escrow funds.

Sometimes 5 in the case of 9% LIHTC deals but all the way up to 15 as I’ve seen in 4% deals.  9% is competitive meaning there’s only a certain amount of projects awarded each year by your states HCR.  4% is not competitive and is usually more appropriate for large projects because 9% will get allocated to projects of smaller size so as to spread the benefit.