He was a few years ahead of me in school but provides another example of a close knit group.

If vacant, simply due to lease expiration, would you still go ahead with the deal?

You’ll almost always come out way ahead taking the loan.

I don't know if this is a common thing, or may be it's just a pure coincidence that I came across a few times just in the last two months.When I schedule with a listing agent to see a home, and most times it's either a short sale or REO, especially a REO, the home is vacant and you have a lock box with a four digit combination code.Now once in a while I will be at the property on time and the agent's running late, and I would get a call from them saying "go on ahead, the code is xxxx and I'll be there in 10 minutes".

I don't have much sympathy for people that don't let you know ahead of time.

If they pay, I just don't show up but if they don't pay as agreed then I'm already ahead of the game.

Here is the link to the page: Mecklenburg County Delinquent Taxes Make sure you click on the "Delinquent Bill Search" tab at the top.

Click on the name of the person, that you want to see your response.

Look below this Box, and click on the name of the person that you want to be notified that you made a response to.Raymond

And, the buyer may give 10 days notice and move to settlement any time over the term of the agreement.Now, let's agree that if all amounts to escrow were deposited as agreed and the buyer fails to close, that the seller then agrees to extend the contract for like term with the requirement of continued escrows being contributed at the same rate as originally scheduledOh, let's go ahead and give the buyer possession prior to closing, with an additional deposit they can move in and pay rents.So, what we have is a lot like an installment agreement, but not really in some aspects;There is no note, no financial obligation created.