Do you recommend meeting a POC of theirs physically before engaging in business?

Hi Timothy,If you are a serious buyer that is actively engaging with your realtor. 

You need someone that clicks with you personally before engaging in a mentor/mentee relationship with the dedication and stress that may be involved.Where to find a mentorStart by looking within your existing network.

Even engaging an attorney to write a scary letter and threaten a law suit is too expensive most times LOL.

He argued that since Commonwealth and Fidelity National are owned by the same holding company, they were engaged in a conflict of interest by pitting two insureds against one another and picking one winner against another.

@Aaron Smith, you are engaged in a futile search. 

Real Estate is a river, constantly moving and shifting.The market is never wrong, just come to accept that fundamental law, the market is never wrong, but how one views it, understand it, engages with it, can be very wrong.

@Jon DeCamp Hey Jon, BP gets more interesting as you post more but I advise you not to engage in negativity [silence is much more powerful].Now, to your question, I think the Seller REFI'd out from the Downey S&L mortgage to BoA, and then appears to have taken a 30k carry back as a loan. 

Then, if I get a settlement from the insurance carrier, I'll re-engage the roofers.

I also warn folks that I will review their prior year returns after we engage and that I will disengage if anything pops up that was not previously discussed.