Jimmy, good luck with your new escrow. Reading your situation made me feel your pain. As a Realtor, I think you would have a claim for them failing to perform, allowing you to get the money back you spent performing your due diligence. In any case, 90% of the time things go smoothly, it’s those 10% of times when things go sour you really rely on your hired professionals to guide you through it. It’s tough to say if your Realtor dropped the ball on this one, but certainly things could have been done to keep you from paying anything w/o first getting some things cleared up by the seller. It’s all water under the bridge now, at least you’re better armed for your new escrow!
