The contractor ended up with full title to the skeleton at a pittance of the cost of building it, and only then sold the condo units to local buyers and finished it.I'm not saying that's what it is but I would count my fingers after shaking hands with any Greek and I would not go ahead with this deal unless I had blood kin in Greece checking up on this personally.Full disclosure: I am Greek and lived in Greece from 2000-2007.

Nowadays, the only advantage of working with a local professional is spending hours in traffic just to shake hands.

@Nathan Schiess I am in California, so I'm sorry I won't be there to shake hands or elbow bump, or what the new norm is.

Makes me shake my head that people are so desperate to get a loan that they will gamble their identity.

If the seller doesn't like these numbers, you shake hands and wish them a wonderful day.

.), it takes some pretty vigorous shaking of the bushes to get deals.

I have also started on the shake work as the weather has improved and I had the material left over from another job. 

So it might shake out to mid to high 6% range today.

Unfortunately, my lender said these are on hold for a little bit until they see how things shake out with current FHA, USDA and VA loans.

Maybe a nice note from you or a stern note from an attorney will shake loose the funds.