Quote from @Dalton Summers: Hope this helps. https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4735.24(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, when earnest money connected to a real estate purchase agreement is deposited in a real estate broker's trust or special account, the broker shall maintain that money in the account in accordance with the terms of the purchase agreement until one of the following occurs:(1) The transaction closes and the broker disburses the earnest money to the closing or escrow agent or otherwise disburses the money pursuant to the terms of the purchase agreement.(2) The parties provide the broker with separate written instructions that both parties have signed that specify how the broker is to disburse the earnest money and the broker acts pursuant to those instructions.(3) The broker receives a copy of a final court order that specifies to whom the earnest money is to be awarded and the broker acts pursuant to the court order.(4) The earnest money becomes unclaimed funds as defined in division (M)(2) of section 169.02 of the Revised Code and, after providing the notice that division (E) of section 169.03 of the Revised Code requires, the broker has reported the unclaimed funds to the director of commerce pursuant to section 169.03 of the Revised Code and has remitted all of the earnest money to the director.

While most who post about asset protection on BiggerPockets are focused on how to remain anonymous and how to prepare for conflict and liability, the billionaires are out there proactively preventing the liability events from occurring in the first place.

Appreciation is occurring and I suspect will continue as the market strengthens.  

Perhaps @Ned Carey will chime in but IMO the valuation should have occurred prior to bidding.

His recommendation is a good temporary solution to see if more settling occurs then take measures.1.  

My question is this, can I deduct my passive losses that occurred in 2017 on my 2017 taxes or does it get rolled over to 2018 because my income is too high?

The above doesn’t allow any Life events occurring that you don’t already have covered financially.The above is your same lifestyle today.  

There was client bank account information in the folder and she could have done significant further harm to our business.

ABOUT THE BILLAny default in the payment of rent that occurs by any tenant during the current State of Emergency due to COVID-19, initially put in place by the Governor on March 4, 2020, cannot be the basis for an action of unlawful detainer.

Over the past 2 days i have discovered timeline of events that have occurred since I owned the property.