My agent sent me a mortgage and tax report that showed Wells Fargo held the note.

Quite typical are leasing fees, lease renewal fees, a small reserve to be held by them ($300 is more then enough to cover small repairs for a condo), maintenance handling up to a certain dollar amount without needing to contact you.

Now, you can consider signing a non-agency non-representation form that states you are representing yourself and the buyer's agent won't be held liable.

A local "guru" here at my REI says in their contract they put something to this effect "$500 earnest money to be held by our attorney" and he says it works fine.

Talk to the lenders in your area, you'll find that portfolio loans (bank held not sold) may differ a great deal from what has been mentioned here.2.

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Last time I checked, Russian Federation imposed a special tax on Moscow and St-P property sales which were held by non-Moscow or St-P residents.

A project we're about 99% done with (Lacking final building inspection, held up by a slow electrical inspection).

As an alternate perspective...The last two properties I've purchased have been held up for more than a month due to the fact that the seller (FNMA for one and GMAC for the other) hadn't yet filed the foreclosure deed at the time they signed a contract with me.

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