They're now 5 mortgage payments behind; I've made one insurance payment and will have to make another on Sept 24 to avoid a lapse.I don't want to be unreasonably demanding of the attorney, as I really like him as a person.

Keeping it simple also means don't drill down so deep into your vision or make it so grand that you end up showing that you have unreasonable expectations.

It's very unreasonable to expect a buyer to do their inspection before purchasing when the odds of your bid going through are slim at best.

I learned this the hard way when I got a laundry list of unreasonable stuff and had to have a verbal fistfight with the inspector on the phone.Another thing you will find out if you do meet the inspector is that their time is way more valuable than yours.

Whether you are getting a loan or buying with cash, it is not unreasonable to expect an appraisal.

I think CL has built up so many hurdles and it became really difficult for 'normal' users to post ads...If anyone knows a nice tool to create ad flyers that wont get flagged, please let me know.

., Dale Osborn, @david towerFear, IMO, is the biggest hurdle to success in this business, and any other, for that matter.

Even if they're not representing the seller/lender, there's nothing wrong with them determining that the contract isn't being fulfilled the way it was legally arranged, and therefore they want to protect *themselves* by ensuring that the contract reflects what's happening in real life.Also, the escrow company will now have more work (the loan package prep, signing and filing), and they may need to increase their fees, which *would* need to be approved by the lender.What I'm saying is, you're getting unnecessarily concerned at this point -- it's not unreasonable that the escrow company is asking for this and there's no reason to believe the lender will have an issue with it.I'm going to start stating "buyer reserves the right to purchase this property using non-contingent financing instead of cash" in all of my "cash only" offers from now on.I've put that in every offer I've made for the past 4 years.

If you feel the appraisal was performed in a commercially unreasonable manner (and you can really back that up) seek an attorney now.

I'm guessing it varies widely depending on local market conditions, but do you know of any typical hurdles (say 65% or 70%) that generally make the added risk (i.e. title and lien risk) worthwhile?