After the purchaser's lender declines the loan incident to this news, the purchaser wants the deposit back, but the sellers say "no way," arguing that they are complying with the contract of sale by way of making good faith efforts to get the Certificate of Occupancy.

@Faith KirkPerhaps both and you may need to register the entity in the stare you live and do business in.

I'm going to be taking quite a few leaps of faith here and be pretty vulnerable for a moment, which is NOT easy for me. 

I have no faith in the wealthy of this nation to treat me fairly for the work I provide.

As advice to all.... you can absolutely call anyone out who has not acted in good faith, participated in fraudulent activity or scams, knowingly caused financial or structural harm without recompense or the like.

Now regardless of what you may think J Scott, everyone who I do business with knows my ethics and my faith.

I would not have quite the faith you evince in the veracity of a listing description of a property being sold for under $19,000.

Mehran is always faithful to welcome new members in the New Member Introduction forum, as well as guiding BiggerPockets users around the site, pointing out the great content and conversations happening here on BiggerPockets.

This was a huge leap of faith because someone might be real personable in a forum, but a stick in the mud on the stage.

Do you really just need to put some faith in a good real estate agent or real estate agent/PM?