I have had a contractor do this to me several years ago and lost 28k due to not having filed a "notice of right to claim lien" It sucks when people don't make good on what is owed.

I would not want to go before a judge with a plaintiff who has lost their home.Originally posted by Heather Peck:Second, in our state, and most others, you can NOT charge an up front fee on being a short sale negotiator.

Along with the lost rent during vacancy, there is often the lost rent when old tenent does not pay and repair/clean up costs to get the unit rentable.

The father lost his job and is trying to get his finances straight(has a new job), however that's not my main concern.

Then end of the year my husband lost the job till now.By no choice we need to rent out one room for some income in Sept to Dec 2010.

Mike, the song's nice and I am sure the skills you refer to would be nice if you get lost in the woods or shipwrecked on an island.

But I learnt (should be learned) a lot from each of those deals so you could consider it a form of payment for education.Does that mean you lost some money on one or more of those first 3 deals?

I would get all worked up over it and even lost sleep trying to figure out a way to get the clowns out of my world.

Your earnest money deposit is a show of good faith that if you back out of the deal they at least have something for the lost marketing time and expenses they incur to continue to hold the property.Now, with that said, if you want the property, you're going to have to pay for it anyway, so why not put as big of an EMD down as possible.

Are you saying that you've lost your previous renter and need a new one?