It won't be firm until they 66 contracts signed.IF the deal falls apart I am quite sure there will be others (higher) but these will take longer.

BOA is going to require someone licensed to negotiate the deal, so my suggestion is either hire a 3rd party firm to negotiate, or find a Realtor you trust that is investor friendly that can do it.

I use a firm that specializes in this type of law.

They know as well as everyone else that the U.S. govt would default on many of their budgetary obligations before they default on their debt (that was the big risk of not increasing the debt ceiling); which means that unless you think the country is going to fold in the short-term, there is essentially no risk to buying treasuries.Don't get me wrong -- I firmly believe that if this country doesn't take some major steps towards financial reform very soon, we will eventually "go under," but I don't see that happening in the next few years.

For example, I know of a small real estate firm that recently bought a portfolio of 40 mortgages from a bank, which were all owned by one person.

I registered the domain 'escrowbrokerage.com' a year ago and was thinking about moving out of the firm i'm working for and starting my own under this name. do you think calling my new company 'Escrow Brokerage' would be confusing, as I am not providing escrow services?

Hi Folks,I work for a major investment firm.

Gotta make a firm decision soon..btw, I would take the lower offer, but they said they just want to back out now..not sure if it's their negotiating tactic or not, but I'm just sick of it already..

Sounds cheap.Given the prior rehab history with this guy and no markup on material; looks like he needs the work.As J states, make sure you get a firm schedule and only pay draws based on completion.

You now need to take a new firm stand and re-establish the landlord / tenant relationship.