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My partner and I are ready to sign off on a contract. Its a Fannie Mae foreclosure. Its being sold through an agent with a management company.
We just got the contract and article 14 has a deed restrictions. It basi...
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Hey BP,I may be getting a property under contract in the next few days. The seller decided to have a realtor assist with the deal but it is not going to be listed on the MLS. The realtor is just a liaison for the sell...
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I purchased some very low value newly originated notes that are in first position. I purchased them approx 3 months ago and discovered that they had not yet got recorded in the county records. I contacted the seller...
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I am looking at several investment properties owned by an agent who is overleveraged, upside down and divesting, but he is acting as agent for the properties... I believe ahead of getting the go ahead to do so from t...
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Hey everyone... I'm a long-time registered user, but not too active in regards to posting.
I have no idea which forum this topic should be started in... so I apologize if this should be in another forum.
I purchased...
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I am under contract to purchase a RV park on seller finance with closing set for tomorrow. This started out as a cash deal but after numerous conversations with the seller, we came to seller finance terms with 55% dow...
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I just closed on a SFH purchase last month in TX and I received an email from the seller's agent requesting a refund from me because the seller over estimated the property tax and has over paid during closing.Has anyo...
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I live in Florida and was wondering why kind of penalties I'm facing. I date on my purchase agreement (when I bought the home from the sellers) is dated 4-22-10. I didn't transfer title to my name to avoid paying th...
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On 6/13/2018 we won a bid at Auction.com to purchase a house located in Staten Island. The next day, we signed the contract and wired $23k deposit to Seller's escrow/closing agent. It's an all cash deal and we chose t...
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And if it's not required, what % of the time would you say that you do give an earnest money deposit?
Also, can I have a provision on my contract that says "If left blank, then no earnest money is due" or something t...