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2 Answers | Asked in Real Estate Law for Indiana on
Q: Seller refusing to close after signing purchase agreement. Any legal options to close the sale per agreement?

I completed a purchase agreement with a private seller to purchase an empty lot of land in Indianapolis. All of the title work is complete and checks out, but the seller cancelled the day of the closing. They have since been avoiding our calls and stalling for the last few months.

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Roland B Wilson III
Roland B Wilson III
answered on Mar 26, 2019

Unless there is liquidated damages written in the contract, the only recourse you have is to recover any earnest money that you put down when you made the offer.

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2 Answers | Asked in Real Estate Law for Indiana on
Q: How long do you have to give a squatter before you get them out of your home

We have a niece that has lived in our home for11months and doesn't pay to live there ask to leave and will not

Roland B Wilson III
Roland B Wilson III
answered on Feb 24, 2019

This really depends on the state. Each state has different requirements.

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2 Answers | Asked in Foreclosure and Real Estate Law for Indiana on
Q: Buying a home on contract in Indy but seller lives out of state. Am I bound by seller's state laws or mine?

I am behind on payments and the seller wants to enforce foreclosure laws of their state. They were included in our contract.

Roland B Wilson III
Roland B Wilson III
answered on Feb 24, 2019

You are bound by the laws where the property is located.

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