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Keeping your financing on track

Dear David, Shortly before Christmas, we sold our family farm for $4 million and bought a house for $1.7 million. We immediately sent the paperwork to the bank we’ve used for 40 years. Our closing dates are two weeks apart and the bank just told us we can’t get bridge financing. What do we do

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Client vs. customer, Avoiding issues at closing

Dear David, We’re thinking of moving. We met an agent at an open house who wanted us to sign a 6-month agreement, so we could be “clients instead of customers”. What does that even mean? – NOT READY FOR COMMITMENT DEAR NOT READY: In real estate, the terms “client” and “customer” describe totally different relationships

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