Subtract that amount plus an extra amount from the list price to make a target of leaving a readjustment clause in the offer do unexpected surprises..Then if you get an accepted offer, then go back to the bank.

Both were similar, in that most people were taken by surprise, and a few who were in good positions swooped in and took advantage of fire sales in the stock and RE markets.Since then, people have been predicting when the next crash will happen.

There are some MF's in West Valley that may work -I'm surprised by the number of listings in Utah that state 'rented below market' and I mostly ignore that statement. 

But crowdfunding model became a convenient solution for me. 

You don't want to start down the road with that person, thinking you're going to get all the speed and convenience of private money, only to realize after it's too late that you're in institutional-bank-requirements land.

It really comes down to preference, convenience, and opportunity.

There were many "surprises" throughout the project that caused us to have to pivot and make adjustments to our plan, the largest of which was discovering major water damage caused by a fire that the sellers had conveniently neglected to tell us about.

I'd be surprised if an escrow agent and/or title agent would be willing to close and issue title insurance on a second contract with knowledge of an unreleased prior contract. 

To me surprising is NJ, NY, and Cali don't even show up.

Are any of us really that surprised?