Seems to me the right way to deal with this now is for title to hold that amount in escrow until the payments have been verified, and then release that amount to the seller in a few days - or whenever...

We've tried to schedule the closing 3 times and each time she has showed up with an excuse as to why her credit union has not released the funds yet. 

Lenders may disregard this message until it is removed in a DU release later in 2015."

They might contact you and you'll tell them that you will have to evict everyone, unless the previous tenant signs some kind of release.

I hear this phrase occasionally and was told that it referred not only to property that has been defaulted but the foreclosure wasn't complete, as well as the completed foreclosures that the banks just have not released for sale yet.

A deed-of-release is provided by note holder, not a deed, and the DOR should be executed at settlement and go to escrow.

So he wants 70k to release the lein, but will not furnish any paperwork at all.

Then we can negotiate whether the other roommates stay, and under what conditions, and whether the moving roommate will be released from the lease obligations.

I finally sat him down in front of his wife and said I was never going to respond to any message from him ever, I would only talk to his wife, and if that wasn't ok I have a release from the listing that we can sign now.

To sell you must have a valid legal description of the parcel to be sold, otherwise you are attempting to sell a non estistant parcel.In your purchase contract you need a partial release amount for any parcel that may be legally described in the future on a square footage basis.