You should always get them to sign and notarize a lien release in order to get final payment.

For Commercial Offer to Purchase, the Estopple is a means to ensure the own's statement for the rent roll matches what the tenant(s) are actually paying.MLS rents sometimes are openly declared as proforma.Any document like Projected Income or Proforma Sales is not signed nor notarized, so they ALL can be suspect. 

The lender writes a check to the escrow company/attorney and they ensure the documents get signed, notarized and recorded.

We then meet up, sign it and notarize it.Hope this helps,Allen Fletcher

In other words, it's not up to the listing agent to determine which offers are worthy of their client's attention and which are not...Are the license laws in your state not similar?

With you just having e-mail communication that is weak and may not hold up in court as they could claim the e-mail message was altered by you or that they did not send the message.Really as a broker you should know to get everything in writing and preferably notarized when it involves money like this.

This is why in many states they will make you attest under oath and get notarized the statement you are making before they will even look at it.

Maybe you've never applied for a mortgage or closed on a home before, but you essentially sign a mountain of paperwork saying "I promise to pay back this loan at $XXX per month for XX years" (the document is literally called a promissory note), "and if I don't pay as agreed I acknowledge the bank can foreclose and take the house back".Signing those documents without the intention to actually pay is, quite literally, "lying to the bank"...in writing and "under oath" no less (since these documents are typically notarized). 

Those who did not are not serious.You need to get them to commit even offering a shared credit search fee.

If not are you buying directly just yourself with some money down and get a loan for the rest??