To defend something like this will cost you $25k+ but they will settle out of court for a Quarter pounder with cheese a large fry, small strawberry shake and $5k and wipe the note clean.

You will have to spend money to defend yourself either way.2) You paid people BEFORE closing.

Sure interest rates and economic growth as well as property conditions factor into the equation, but only so far as to establish a price that can be defended.

Your insurance policy will not pay to defend them, only you. 

I've had a number of listings in the past with multiple offers and all had escalation clauses, and both buyers and their agents seem to have an impression that by saying they're willing to pay more for a house without actually offering more for the house that their offer justifies acceptance from a seller. while I am not defending the practice I use it for my benefit..

Defendant information?

How would you defend yourself?

What I'm leading into more of this is, for people that talk on the podcasts about having a million dollar net worth, and champion the BRRRR strategy and staying leveraged....so essentially they have over 5 million in assets, but 4 million in liabilities, roughly, if they're staying leveraged?

The unfortunate reality is that us “mom and pops” can be devastated financially by the cost just to defend ourselves versus a complaint from HUD who has an unlimited budget 

I’m not defending them.