To invest out of town, you have to have a trustworthy local partner (person, co-investor and/or property management company), and you have to put the trust in them to deliver.

I delivered the notice and waited the 5 days.

A pre-qualification letter from a mortgager delivers this message.

The house would be in my name and i would be living on the property, technically, getting my mail delivered there.

Now, do anything you can to get it back.ie. docusign, hand delivered, fax, email  ( Just try to stay away from snail mail if at all possible)

Try to get the mailman to stop delivering the weekly classified ads paper!

When they leave the store they are supposed to take them in order from time.What happens in the real world is the tippers who tip 4 to 5 bucks get it first in 20 minutes as the driver wants them to keep ordering.The driver delivers to the person who tips 1 to 2 bucks last because they are cheap and the driver hopes with a luke warm pizza they won't order as much or go away all together.I know this because I was int he restaurant business for over 10 years.If you are cheap or try strategies that burn bridges it will catch up to you and cost you way more in the long run.If you are doing a one off deal where you buy and house to live in for 5 to 10 years then it is not as much to worry about.If you are buying properties in an area as an investor you want to develop a good rep.You will drive a great price when you buy but there is a nice way to do it and another way that will get you remembered in a bad way for a long time.Hope it helps from years of experience in the business.

This is sounding more and more like a scam to me.I don't think it's even legal for an escrow company (in California) to accept payment if the agreement hasn't been signed by both parties and delivered to them.

Other times, the property does get listed, but I have a huge time advantage over all others not to mention the "push" from my broker.In other cases, I have relationships with 2 asset managers directly who have the ability to deliver product to me before it is ever placed on the MLS.

Sand being delivered tomorrow morning if anyone local wants to fill sandbags.I think we were just the harbinger of bad things to come.