It didn't even occur to me to look below the reply box.

Being the fact I don't have anything under contract, and without me the deal wouldn't occur, I'm just trying to find a way to protect myself.

As a newbie to real estate investing,  it had not occurred to me to utilize them as contacts for getting deals...Thanks for your insight Mark! 

Never felt unsafe ever.I have also been told that some cities/states report crime differently which skews these figures.For example if someone steals a car and robs a bank hitting a teller in the process and causes an accident in the street when they take off in some states that is basically reported as 1 crime, robbery.In Tennessee they report the theft of the car the robbery, the violence and the accident as 4 crimes.

But I think my accident-forgiveness plan has run its course and our current house will barely break even.Current situation: It's time for me to let my wife pick the geography, she's definitely earned that right.

The roof leaked when I purchased the property, the roof is flat, it had two areas were the water was pooling and that is where the leaks were occurring.

We charge for damages as they occur or as we discover them, whichever happens first.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1) and as set forth below, the lien is effective from and shall relate back to the recording of the original declaration of condominium, or, in the case of lien on a parcel located in a phase condominium, the last to occur of the recording of the original declaration or amendment thereto creating the parcel.

I was getting very frustrated and anxious by this stage as I knew I was getting a very sweet deal and was worried the sellers could back out.Then an attorney on the  sellers end popped up, who was representing him in in the car accident incident.Today I received an email from the sellers attorney that they are cancelling the contract, citing that its null and void as its past the closing date.

Depending on any other clauses within the contract, the way this is worded, the binding acceptance doesn't occur right away.