Since they are publicly traded, we can easily track their financial performance every quarter.Here are some links to Silver Bay's annual financial statements for the year ending December 30, 2012- Income Statement (Annual Data): 2012 Income Statement- Balance Sheet (Annual Data): 2012 Balance Sheet - Statement of Cash Flow (Annual Data): 2012 Statement of Cash Flow - Full 2012 Annual Report (SEC Form 10-K): 2012 SEC 10-K Report

Its a balancing act. 

Apparently they can deny the offer and take the money and just apply it to the balance he owes them and not let the lien go?

Rates rose and most mortgages allowed assumption, so investors did not have a chance to reposition with the market as borrowers marketed and sold their properties using the assumption.Generally speaking if there is a clause, it will talk about the fee to be underwritten, many times around 1.0% of the balance.

For some reason, after all these years of not knowing what I wanted to do, it never occurred to me that I should pursue REI.My retirement acct took a significant hit during the Recession but it eventually returned to it's original balance but experiencing the loss got me thinking...

Just curious if there are any other costs (i.e. tax liens, IRS liens, etc.) that blow up the deal.If she's way past due are you certain about the $75k balance/payoff?

I would need to know -existing financing loan balance-ARM vs Fixed?

You can pay a certain percentage upfront as deposit and remaining balance upon completion and final walkthrough.Are you talking about paying Contractor B a walkthrough fee?

When I told the support staff employee "Cam" these issues he recommended that I cancel the serviceMy ledger started each property with thousands in debt even though my ledgers were balanced and there was not debt for any property at the time.

In my case, the buyer died and it was the buyer's estate which paid the remaining balance on the land contract in order to sell the property and capture the equity.