What is your level of conventional and formal education, can you work decimals or figure a per centage in your head without much trouble?

It's about time I formally introduced myself and did a post!

That is consideration.A formal escrow deposit is not required to create a binding contract.

A formal introduction would be appropriate before posting on the threads and PMing some of experienced and helpful investors on this site so here goes!

There's no way to know.Regardless, the right thing to have done would have been to submit a formal offer (either yourself or through another agent) and if the seller agreed, there wouldn't be a lot of verbal back-and-forth...they would have just signed the offer and you wouldn't be in the middle of all this.So again, in the future, either be able to handle your side of the deal yourself (without an agent) or use your own agent.

nah, I've been around teachers most of my life, probably more years than you've been alive, you don't need to tell me that, teaching is an art, a skill and it does require a degree of formal training or, depending on what it is, a personality that can communicate well with very good social skills.

Its a small, less formal setting than the BREIA's, but the more intimate setting makes for better relationship building.

I've yet to formalize a business plan, but I'm leaning towards investing in rental properties.

Follow up with a formal offer.

I am not formally educated, but I have a strong passion for learning nonetheless.