I'll likely give it another few months before I officially thrown in the towel. 

Several times already, my realtor has called the seller or seller's realtor with our offer price instead of submitting an official offer.

Also, if the house is already listed for sale, would there still be realtor commissions to pay if this goes through, or would that hold off until the house is officially sold?

Is the parking spot officially "assigned" to the unit you are renting to him.

Tell them you want a title company involved or some official entity to hold the money.

We could not officially sign the papers until NASB turned over the money, but NASB would not turn over the money until we had signed the papers.Fortunately, we were able to get a short-term loan for the balance, officially buy the property, get the NASB mortgage, and then pay the short term loan back within a very short time frame.Now I want to buy another property with another friend using SD-IRA's and I don't want to go through the same process.

.** Now where it's interesting is that the property has officially sold.

Check your municipal Official Community Plan to determine the city's vision for redevelopment.

My husband and I are officially real estate investors.  

"- little recycling symbol that says next to it "recyclable"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My business partner is a realtor, so I want to mention our license number to possibly reassure people that we're official.