You should have your servicer lined up ahead of tim, instead of scrambling for one at the last minute.

@Jose L TorresI believe these are hard times ahead very possibly the next 3-6 months as covid19 is very unlikely to go away quickly and the US was extremely ill prepared for it, now scrambling over the last 4 weeks to get things in place for this in hospitals around the country.

That should get the agents scrambling to salvage the deal/relationship, either through offering incentives to close or at least extensions on your loan contingency. 

By the time we were half way through our 60 day escrow, I was scrambling for financing.

We scrambled over the past week and started doing more online virtual tours.

these acquisition cost should be reimbursed to you upon closing..You need to have investors lined up and not you scrambling to find them after you have the property under contract..Even more complicated is abiding by SEC rules which are likely in effect  

This has created a scramble for independent brokers.

It obviously ended up working out, but I was scrambling to get that going when I could have had it lined well in advance. 

If you haven’t been actively raising money before this deal came to you, you’re going to be frantically scrambling to find investors and raise money.

However, after a bit of scrambling, calling 13 different lenders, I was able to find a HML with reasonable fees and rates that I went with.