But, if the office is not local, you'll have to overnight it, so you really have to have everything together the day/evening before it's due.But, between the time you get the acceptance email and the time you need to send/deliver the stuff, you can use that time for inspections and to make sure the deal is as good as it seems.

My attorney used a form that closely followed the Realtor form, and covered the key contingencies like inspection, financing, and the seller delivering clean title.Hope that helps,- Tom

Contract likely not official until short sale approval from lender comes in.Make sure property is delivered vacant (free of owner) at closing or don't close.

It starts when the notice is executed and properly delivered.

Lane Ewert Once you have plans, one suggestion might be for you to get bids from some GCs that would deliver a "shell" to you, getting all the work on the lot done and hooked up, slab and drive way installed, framing, plumbing and electrcal in, siding on house and roof.

It will be delivered with a tenant in place (that I will help qualify) and the other side rent ready.

If they want to deliver it later, they have many ugly options (and no good ones, AFAIKT)... mail a signed money order??

Assuming that you are focused on listed property find a good buyer's agent who will deliver.

But if it is delivered in ways that can grab and hold a 22 year old... then so be it.

Lenders normally deliver the property free from defects or liens on the title.