If the buyer is confident it will close have the earnest money non-refundable.Especially if you use hard money you will have costs waiting for it to close.They can always have the appraisal contingency in there.

Max, I PMed you...TOd, thanks for the welcome; I grew up in the States but have been living out of the country for a few years...I actually just had an offer accepted on a house...Im confident about the neighborhood, just had the inspections today and everything seems ok!

I called and called the agent tring to get an update, being $2000 over asking price I was pretty confident that I had a good shot at landing the deal.

Once you know the process in your state, you can be more confident in future processes.

I am quite confident that this may not be what actually happens in the real world, but it stands to reason that it should if the market is somewhat efficient.

I'm confident he'd go for it.Can I do something like this without IRS implications?

Final contract price is $58.1k and the rehab cost will be ~$15k and could rent for $975/mo or resale for $105k.Reading BP posts has been key in keeping me motivated and confident that I could find deals that meet my criteria.

are you confident she will qualify for the loan given her financials ?

Pray be confident

This write up will give plenty of people confidence.