Unless you want to give him a seller closing funds that equal the SD then I would listen to the folks above and require the Title company to make sure he releases that at closing.Once you have possession of the property you can always request the tenants to sign one of your leases that you use and make it M2M so you can boot em whenever you feel the need.

I don’t pay a releasing fee but if it’s “standard” in your market you likely don’t want to “go cheap” to avoid it.

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I work in maple syrup production so will be in a much better cash position after an early spring of seven day work weeks.. on to the questions My credit union offers these "credit builder loans" where they hold a small amount of money either $500 or $1000 in a protected account and don't release any of it till you have paid the full balance off. 

REO's are after the foreclosure has taken place and the note holder(bank,etc...) does not always release it right away, but when they do they are listed on sites like the MLS.

@Brian Pulaski   Before the second extension I made them release the EM.  

Once they receive that they will release your payments.  

Fast forward and I'm closing on my next deal Friday, and they are only releasing 10k out of the 15k.

The only reason he began the process is because I told him the lender wanted them and wouldn't release any more money until they had them.Did a lot of research on him and I can tell you if you go to https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/base/welcome.dothis is the database for all cases in MO, and let me tell you, Rich (and several versions of his business Semper Fi or STL Flips) has almost 400 cases against him, breech of contract, small claims, lawsuits, restraining orders, possession of controlled substances, siezed bank accounts, etc. dating back to the early 90s. 

They do this through a combination of a) The stated rate of interest, b) The points (pre-paid interest) they charge and c) The fees they charge for things like: loan releases, draws and extensions.