Buying & Selling Real Estate
Market News & Data
General Info
Real Estate Strategies
Short-Term & Vacation Rental Discussions
presented by
Landlording & Rental Properties
Real Estate Professionals
Financial, Tax, & Legal
Tax, SDIRAs & Cost Segregation
presented by
1031 Exchanges
presented by
Real Estate Classifieds
Reviews & Feedback
Updated over 10 years ago,
Contract Caught in a Divorce
Need some advice on my current deal. We signed the contract a month ago with the property owner (x-husband). Turns out in the divorce papers from 10 years ago it says the x wife has to approve the agent and sales price. The x husband chose not to tell her until we were scheduled to close and now she's not signing a deed paper that she has to sign for us to close. The contract ends today. She's ordering an appraisal as she thinks the sales price is to low. Do we just wait on her to make up her mind or walk away and get our earnest money back? The. X husband and we have signed. Just waiting on the x wife....