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Old 08-16-2021, 08:09 PM
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Two week ago, I owned 3 houses. We just closed on the selling of our NJ home. We used a wire for the buying one for all cash and half down on the other and a check for the selling. It took a few days for the check to make it's way from NJ to here, but it's deposited now. Our lawyer (NJ real estate sorta requires a lawyer, Fl does not) would not wire the proceeds from the sale unless we signed a paper holding him harmless if it got stolen somehow. We just took the check, shrug.