Once we have seen the due diligence on the property, we execute contracts and wire funds to escrow.As a Finder, make sure that you get a fee agreement from the investor up front, so that you can get paid through escrow.

Can anyone give a specific example where a bank holding a loan in a portfolio or having sold it, called a loan due upon the transfer of a property into an LLC where the LLC members were the same individuals executing the note and deed of trust (mortgage)?

While it was an industry defining first-mover in that regard, if you ask any marketing executive or professor, they do recognize Apple's products are more fashion accessories than actual business machines.

MSNBC mistaking Jesse Jackson for Al Sharpton http://newsone.com/nation/news-one-staff/video-msnbc-reporter-mistakes-jesse-jackson-for-al-sharpton/ Check out CNN http://fridayinlove.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/cnn-refuses-to-acknowledge-mistakes/ Here is a website that lists errors by the likes of “The New York Timesâ€, “MSNBCâ€, “The Chicago Tribuneâ€, AP, “The Washington Postâ€, etc… They are errors in spelling, geography, falsified Toyota recall news, etc… http://www.regrettheerror.com/ We could sit here all year throwing “News Errors†at each other.

To counter this you can make the fee non-refundable and ask that it be deposited in escrow immediately.And yes keeping a copy for yourself is something that always should be done.Someday you might run into a deadbeat who messes with the contract after its been executed.

Signed up for this deal, great concept, but extremely poor execution.

I already explained to the owner that I would want executed deeds prior to purchase

I don't trust the big national guys to not use my donation to pay for a nice expensive retreat for their executives.

In this type of situation it's good to work with some type of credit repair specialist (they're not all bad) to make sure that your buyer is able to execute the option before the term expires.

Don't know if MEC is used everywhere, that's "mutually executed contract", meaning everyone has signed off.