But it is what it is.I don't know that this agent would go so far as to not honor my request.

I also sent to you, a Connect Request.

You can always ask for forgiveness, but the lender is under no obligation to grant that request.

Also, instead of a full lawsuit to force her to sell, can I simply place a lien on her house to simply recover for my costs with the appraisal & attorney feesThxIf the cost of removal of violations required to be removed by the Seller pursuant to the printed provisions of this Contract of Sale shall be in excess of five hundred ($500􀀉 00) doll􀀄􀀅s, the Seller is hereby granted the option to withdraw from this Contract of Sale, in which event the Seller shall refund to the Purchaser the monies paid on execution hereof, together with the net cost of exa􀀊ination of title and any survey actually incurred by the Purchaser, not exceeding rates usually charged by any major title company where no policy is issued and where title shall fail to close; whereupon this Contract of Sale shall become null and void without any further liability on either par􀀁y to the other unless the Purchaser shall agree to take title subject to said violations and assume the performance thereof and receive an abatement in reduction of the purchase price in the sum of five hundred ($500􀀂00) dollars􀀂 The options herein granted shall be exercised by notice in 􀀋riting by certified mail, return receipt requested􀀃

Lender 2 responded to one of my submissions for funding with a request for a $300K “placement” fee.

I think it will be easier finding a place that will loan the amount you are requesting than it will be to find a bank that has no seasoning requirement.

I would be more likely to think that it would be reasonable to request that you keep between 500 and 1000 dollars in the account, but that is just if you don't require them to go through you for larger responsibilities and repairs.  

I came across MassVenture and submitted my information, but after being verified they requested my bank account information.

If the property is also, you can actually just email the assessor a request for the owner's contact info and they'll email it back to you.

They have to set up their payments so it is a push method but I can send a request for payment from within IPN too.