What would you do if you got someone to do it, gave the money they gave you to the seller as his/her earnest money, and the closing fell apart but the seller refused to return the money or tied it up in escrow or arbitration? 

We have owned 14 SF rentals and 4 apartment complexes totaling near 1,000 units, and over 17 year period we have been sued exactly once.We had a 350lb resident that missed the bottom step of the staircase, fell and hurt himself. 

I had an investor that was willing to put it under contract and then it nearly fell out when he asked for too much from the business owner.

My wife and I moved 4 yrs ago and fell in love with the area, its people and specially the food.

What about the people that fell out of contract?

Need input / ideas / comments on following pls.I have 2 SF rentals that I'm facing foreclosure on as I fell behind w/ the mortgage payments on (due to unrelated problems).

Quote from @Alan David: I fell for the videos of Dutch saying how they support their investors, with family like values, BS,I'm spinning in the wind for two years, Maybe they should have  seen this coming and allocated less to their office renovation and Likely his car lease.Im sure the Mendenhalls are not suffering. 

Delos fell through and thankfully their legal team fought hard for us and returned our capital and profit.

I have also looked through my files of non-buys: scared off on inspection, fell apart in negotiations, numbers didn't quite crunch. 

We’re sorry to hear that your experience fell short of your expectations, we value this opportunity to reflect and improve.We worked closely with you for over a year to prepare your property for success in the short-term rental market.