:)I can't imagine a title company caring if you legally assign a contract.

If you "feel threatened" now before you work with them, then I can't imagine how you'll fee when you do.

The difference is that it is an accepted practice there.This seems to be more common than I ever imagined.

I'm imagining that it would be 0% interest priciple only payments to keep it simple.

I cannot imagine anyone else thinking that the fairly uniform expectation of a 3% commission is the result of a normal free market competitive system.

In other words, if I were to get a loan after saying I was going to pay cash, legally the bank can terminate and keep my earnest money.Now, that said, I don't imagine a bank would want to do this, both from a loss of revenue perspective and from a negative public relations perspective, but if I read the addenda correctly, it appears they do have the right.This is the reason I put the stipulation in my contract.

I imagine it will take several years to actually nail these issues down so that ground rules are understood by all concerned.

You can imagine which ones I paid off first.

I can only imagine what it is like in Michigan considering how big the automotive industry was there.

the problem with paint i heard(because i would never do it) is that it starts to chip and the friction from the wood moving causes the paint to dust, and i don't want to imagine kids or babies crawling on paint dust. i've always rented a sander from home depot, and a can of polyurethane and it looks great after a couple of coats.