He has sent nasty emails when I told him I want a land contract and threats so I talked to a lawyer in lawyers.com and that made him even madder when the lawyer said no contract no money.

Instead, they took the other tact -- they used scare tactics to get you to go along with whatever they wanted.Had I not had any real estate experience, had I not known that their threats were empty, and had I not known I could scare them by invoking my own threats about calling the Real Estate Commission, I probably would have been pretty intimidated as well.Good lesson all around...and thrilled it's working out for you Ez!

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Hi Steve-Yes, I have to hope that she would agree to something instead of foreclose but that is the threat.

And what about physical threats?

And those outside your target area will often be more than happy to network with you because you're not a "threat" to their prospecting opportunities. 

Other than that maybe some empty threats.

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What type of external threats could hamper growth?

Unfortunately, many of the lenders who were issuing these loans were skittish and uncomfortable with the new rule after numerous threats of "buy-backs", penalties, and fines from the government regulatory agencies, and so they added what are known as "overlays" to the FHA guidelines.