Right now, with material costs being as out of control as they are and supply chain issues, I would be very hesitant to take on a flip if I didn't know what I was doing, had great connections and good systems in place.

But it's all just crap drive though chains and eventually nine mile with join the long list of hellish stroads that plaque Pensacola.

The gold standard in my mind is anything by Chris Voss.

@Jeff A.Yes as far as exploring chain of title and making sure your purchase gets recorded appropriately.

They handle the releases and payoffs and then insure the chain of title from its last sale up to your purchase.

Not enough information to answer properly- Change requests cause delays, supply chain of receiving items for changes was frozen up in the past months, contractors have huge demand for work.

Either daisy chaining the contract and will be using your 5K to lock in the contract to assign to you or she's a newbie.

I have ran deals of every imaginable kind, including involving internationally located persons, crazy messed up deals of every imaginable sort, Ancona is the gold-standard for investors in title/closing agency for a reason.

I use KEY bank as my family's primary Bank (kid accounts and main checking) and their already reduced hours are even more so, and When I tried to talk to a mortgage specialist they are by phone only. my agent has recommended another place for mortgages and so we are going in that direction. we also bank with Chase, and for where we are they seem to be going back to normal a bit faster but still slower than I would like  the national chains seem a lot slower on the uptake than the local credit unions 

This does sound like a gold mine.