(Or at least the date listed in the complaint as the month of default, by the plaintiffs own admission)

By your own admission, you are asking for ways to get OUT of the contract.

Email/Text the contractor when they can do the job, you need it in black and white and text/email is admissible in court.

The grass is always greener...If you never read "Acres of Diamonds", a short essay written maybe 50 years ago and popularized by Earl Nightengale, take a moment to read it.

Piece of mind is worth the price of admission.

Appreciation is a very market specific topic that I am sure we can write essays about and it is more volatile than returns from rent.

@Cortney Chaite probably not what you want to hear, but if you aren't ready to buy a property, by your own admission, you arent ready to buy a property.

Otherwise, seems worth the price of admission.  

Collecting a referral fee from the seller - not sure why they would pay you for anything as you have little to no experience in this by your own admission and all the seller needs to do is go online to find any number of commercial real estate brokers/agents without having to pay a fee.I like your determination and desire to make a deal happen here, but quite honestly, you are way ahead of yourself and way out of your depth here.

And so that I did - I completed their long list of essay questions and another 2 months goes by.