Hello BP Family,I'm still learning to navigate the BP community so please be patient with me!

It is really easy to get hooked on "the deal" -- the thrill or satisfaction from closing a great deal, and to get so focused on making money that you lose sight of why you are trying to make money.

Be patient, research, read, learn.  

Just be patient educate, and watching the podcast on here.

It's hard to be patient when there's too much month left at the end of the money.Slow down, stay focused, keep learning.My $0.02 ...

Seems to me that they're saying: "Sure, we'll accept your Offer minus $15k, BUT, we won't hand clear Title over to you UNTIL the repairs are done to OUR satisfaction!"

You need to explain what an "option fee" is in your question.If someone purchased an option from you, then the money is yours.If someone has deposited a fee to secure an option, such as a right to purchase dependent on a satisfaction of inspection or engineering report, then the money is not yours.If the money is not yours you might want it held in a title company's escrow account (or an attorney's) with a written escrow agreement describing what the deal is.If you hold the money, and it is not yours, state and federal law might consider you a "fiduciary."

Be patient.

CA is a very dynamic market ... there are always good investment strategies to be played, but if you are a one trick pony you have to be either very very good at that one trick or very patient to wait for the market to be aligned with your strategy.

She has been patient with me through this process being that I was not very educated on how things worked.