You know you can always offer without a financing contingency, in which case, you will lose your Earnest money if you can't get a loan.

I have a couple of thoughts for you, as an investor-friendly agent...1st, dealing directly with the listing agent for a property they're selling for family, is likely not the best choice, unless you have good solid numbers to work with, and you can write a contract you're comfortable with without sneaky weasel contingencies.  

The one thing about the house is they have some knob and tube going on that we would need them to fix as a contingency.

Protect yourself with a long escrow and long financing contingency period.

To eliminate the mortgage contingency the parties could execute a "cash contract" in which there is no reference to buyer financing and the mortgage clauses are deleted.

Keep in mind though, it will be difficult to compete effectively against cash or hard money offers that aren't contingent.

Trying to do a little legwork before calling them.I understand a lot of the variables are probably contingent on your personal credit and history of doing flips, but any perspective that can be shared is appreciated.Feel free to PM me if that is a more comfortable way to communicate.Thanks in advance.

We offered $850K cash with no contingencies and were chosen with no counter offer.

I wrote the offer up with a 15-day contingency for inspections and a sells price of 35k cash to close in 21 days.

Hi All,I just won a HUBZU REO auction which is sold as-is and with no inspection contingency.