Sounds like this is a private money lender or a hard money lender.If you are getting funds from another source and relying on that to close, you should not put in the purchase agreement that you are buying with cash.

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I have some crypto gains I’m really looking forward to dumping into a more stable asset class and hoping this can help me defer the taxes on the growth.  

You need to sit down with someone and do this on paper. 

The last few years have been great for investors/homebuyers who bought pre-con, but looking back to the few years after the 2014/15 boom, this wasn't the case, where many had actually committed to buying a property that wasn't quite worth what they signed up for closer to closing because the appraisal weren't matching the contract price, requiring a cash top-up.

I agree with this. 

My credit was pulled twice (currently sitting at a 700+ according to Experian) but I don't know if this would affect my score or anything when it come to actually choosing a property and locking in a rate.

This is a question that has come up a million times and will continue coming up forever in Chicago unless eventually things change one way or another.

No offense meant by this...

I am a property manager and real estate broker in the Greensboro/Burlington, NC area and I am looking to grow my network. i know this sounds like a broken record but I really mean it!