I knew all I needed to know about this post from merely reading the title.

That's merely an example.

My attorney also served as title searcher and realtor and required a fee of a mere $500.00.

You'd think he'd be smart enough to realize that just mere fact that I'm having the house painted at all will bring up the value on his house by proxy.

But to say an insurer is not reputable because they are protecting every other policy holder that they insure (as they are a mutual so every policy holder is an owner) by underwriting a property is not correct.  

Merely holding for investment for two years is not sufficient if it really looks like your intent was to buy and rehab and then sell.

Also, my options involving giving seller reasonable consideration and I secure with a performance trust deed rather than merely using a recorded memorandum.

Stop signs are merely a suggestion for many of those drivers.

I would think that if the owners who own the insurance policy came to an agreement with their insurance on the amount of damages before the sale to someone else, then the insurance company could likely agree to issue the check directly to the contractor/buyer, or the policyholders could just agree to turn those funds over to the new buyer as part of the sale.    

The courts have ruled that an option without consideration is merely a offer and not a option if you try to exercise it and the seller says take a hike, your out of luck.I have done many deals with just straight options and it was the control factor in the transaction.