This is why I stopped accepting new Section 8 tenants.

My lender was accepting almost anyone at that time so they snuck me into the house with only 18 months of commission checks.

And they accepted my down payment being what it was $5000 instead of a % of asking.

And they accepted my down payment being what it was $5000 instead of a % of asking.

A licensee acting as an agent in a real estate or business opportunity transaction may not accept any fee or compensation related to the transaction from any person, other than the licensee's client, principal firm, or firm the licensee is associated with without prior written consent from all parties to the transactionI take full responsibility of not knowing this law.

Look into accepting Venmo, that may be an option for you.

Mortgage companies do accept Credit Cards. 

If you do not feel comfortable sending the Sellers attorney a check, IMHO it is actually more work/headache/PITA to have the EMD accepted and held by a title company than an attorney and IMHO it is even more complicated to get the money back from a title company if and when you cancel. 

I expected the market to take a pause, even though we have not seen a significant slow down: number of showings was still high the last 7 days as well as accepted offers.

He also says that because he is not laid off, he can not apply for unemployment benefits.So I guess, he is playing victim here and I feel like I have no choice but to accept his story.