Where does the conversation start/end when someone responds to one of my ads? 

I did ask her if she has any contacts as we've had this conversation before about my looking at investments outside of our area.

I look forward to conversing with everyone and possibly meeting a few of you!

As the site continues to grow it can be more difficult to follow conversations, and I almost always forget to "follow" the conversation, most forums auto-follow after you reply.  

Yes, fortunately, after conversing with the seller, I think we finally have the situation all worked out and set to close next week.

I probably shouldn't have jumped into this conversation to talk about my notes.  

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Of course, during these conversations, both the bank and I were focused on security of the monies in the account.  

So, to all of you who have done this, what was the conversation with the bank and the outcome?

That would put you at $7,200 to $9,600 to spend on this conversion.