The earnest money deposit is yours, You can get it back if you back out of the deal within your inspection period or if the deal falls through because of financing, but if your doing a conventional loan make sure you have an Appraisal Contingency so if the property don't appraise you wont be obligated to come up with the difference.  3.No, its your money and its becomes part of the funds you bring to the table when its time to close the deal.4.

I’ve been looking on a few websites and saw a few homes that were auctioned within the last few weeks, how can I find out if these properties were successfully sold or not.

This is not a difference in semantics, put your costs on the HUD and you can refi out 100% of your cost.I have done this many time and written about it extensively on both BP and my website if you wqnt to learn more.

@Matthew Charron Tom ferry has some free scripts you can download on his website.

If your doing it in the city limits just find the right website and it should have enough info to give you an idea.

Washington Landlord's Association web site!

So I have this potential deal and most title companies in my city don’t work with wholesalers. However, I found this attorney that work with wholesalers. Will she charge me or can I just cut her something out of the d...

Sellers realtor says they paid way too much in 2008 and needed to bring cash to the table at closing.

Flooring I find that most of what I can / want to do has already been learned but I find that YouTube is helpful as are owner / equipment manuals as well as family resources for knowledge and lastly, this website BiggerPockets has been an enormous resource for myself in regards to the business side of management.

You can look up the rate in the states statutes or your counties website.