The situation you described, unfortunately, is not uncommon.

The smart ones work together to avoid situations like this, but its not uncommon for some investors to get shopped the same property by two different wholesalers.

hud contracts many times have errors on them that they give the agent 48 hours to correct or they have gotten a lot of contracts in that they must process it is not uncommon for delays these situati8ns would extend the orginal bid period

It is not uncommon for investors to think we are at the top of a cycle, well in advance of the top. 

Real Estate sometimes goes by the name "Creative photography" Don't want to make too much of a joke out of it - but it's not uncommon for a seller or agent to make a real dump look real good.  

Now, that said, I think it's pretty uncommon for to have a washer/dryer in the master bath. 

What you are going through is not uncommon in a very competitive single family flip market like the one you live in. 

I notice it's not uncommon for a stupid post to get votes, even if the content of the post is entirely incorrect.

I would bet the OP was expecting for the transaction to be under the table, all cash, no taxes, no insurance, no W9, no reporting -- which is not that uncommon in LA.

Yeah mr Wybo would be my first attempt as he likely knows a couple.All lawyers are different, employment lawyers are not uncommon to want money up front as its very unlikely they will win, so they try to squeeze out all those pennies ASAP.