He made a contract for my earnest money deposit which I haven't signed yet until tomorrow morning saying that I would loan the $1k and it's due back by or before 9/18 and has interest and a higher interest rate if not paid by that date.

The funny thing about that is that I almost made the exact same post this morning, Tod!

Start by waking up 1 hour earlier every morning.

If it closes in the morning, it should record that same afternoon.

I know this may seem like fluff and I know a lot of people gave him flack for spending the money on the "security" and the "flight" there but the Secret Service security is on salary anyway and is 24/7 presidential security because that's the way it is and should be.

BP Founder Joshua Dorkin on KGO Morning News (ABC) San Francisco Today.

I have a bunch of custom queries set up, and every morning I'll run the queries and go through the listings one by one...

They even took flight.

And flight times are reasonable if you are flying to Europe, the Middle-East or Asia, which are the primary target markets for Dubai's real estate developers.The main long-term problem for Dubai is Singapore, which has great governance, a common-law background, respect for the rule of law, rapidly improving nightlife and lack of the cultural baggage that is associated with the Middle-East.

I tried to find the actual legislation this morning but only found earlier HAMP information that pertained more to loan modifications for homeowners, not short sale scenarios.