Seattle Replacement Property Bidding Support

Yes. We work closely with your attorney to align letter of intent terms with the eventual purchase and sale agreement, while being clear that legal advice and contract review come from your counsel, not from us. Our role is coordinating the business terms and timeline, not providing legal opinions.

We maintain a communication schedule with sellers or their brokers, provide periodic status updates, and confirm continued interest so backup options remain genuinely viable within the forty-five day identification window, rather than becoming stale by the time you might actually need them.

Yes. We address holdover provisions, seller leaseback periods, and transition agreements so any post-closing occupancy arrangement aligns with your ownership and management plan, which matters particularly on properties where the seller wants to remain temporarily after the sale.

In a typical purchase, a long financing contingency simply protects the buyer. In an exchange, every day spent inside a financing contingency is a day drawn from your fixed one hundred eighty day closing window, so a contingency period that seems reasonable in isolation can leave too little runway once combined with your other diligence and closing steps.

There is no rule requiring a different deposit size, but sellers sometimes ask exchange buyers for a larger or less refundable deposit because they know the buyer is under deadline pressure. We push back on deposit terms that shift disproportionate risk to you simply because the seller recognizes the exchange timeline as leverage.

This is precisely why we keep backup offers active rather than treating them as a formality. If the primary contract terminates, we move immediately to activate a backup letter of intent so your identification letter, due by day forty-five, still lists a property you can realistically close on within the remaining time.