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Old 07-30-2019, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by ohiosbestus View Post
One ting I would strongly recommend to future buyers is that you should not put hardly any earnest money down, when making an offer, we were later told by our realtor after putting a good amount of earnest money down we could possibly lose it if the home doesnt close by the date for some strange reason, we could possibly lose that money.
I don't know what you mean by "hardly any earnest money". But, as a seller, I wouldn't accept an offer and take my house off the market unless the offer included at least $10,000 in earnest money. The earnest money is put into an escrow account, and it is only forfeited if the buyer violates the sales contract.

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