Well, an interesting story regarding our contract w/ Fidelity & First American... So, we were notified that we passed ROFR on 4/18 & told then it would take 1-2 weeks for estoppels. Ok, I was patient. I emailed Rachel at Fidelity on day 13 (of the 14 potential days for estoppels) & she said she expected to hear something soon, she'd be in touch. Apparently, that was the day that First American charged our $1k deposit, but we were notified by the bank on day 14 (it was flagged as an odd charge - only reason I know!). Heard nothing on day 14, so on day 15 I emailed Rachel again & heard essentially the same line, w/ an additional "I'll email them". Day 16 comes, several hours pass & I still have heard nothing. So I look up First American-Florida on facebook. They have a page. So I left a comment that I was waiting on a resale contract & that their office seemed to be the holdup. Lo & behold, 3 hrs. later, at almost 5pm, I got an email that we should be receiving our closing docs w/in 3-4 business days (from Fidelity - this was Friday). I updated my FB comment to reflect the notice I'd received. Imagine my surprise today to see that someone at First American has added a comment on FB that I'll be hearing from someone soon, & then w/in the hour, I received our closing docs via email! Squeaky wheel, getting grease, or coinky-dink? I dunno, but I'm geeked as all get out that we're on our way to closing!
I read your post and spent 5 minutes thinking about doing the same since it had been a while since I heard from Rachel. Just as I was about to email her, I got the email from Fidelity with the closing docs! Looks like just thinking really hard about contacting them is enough to get the ball rolling!
Although, my title company is Timeshare Title & More so don't know if that made the difference. Passed ROFR on 5/2/12 and received closing docs 5/9/12 - one week turnaround - faster than I expected! I just pray closing is done as quickly...Mac - Just wanted to say thanks again for updating the big list. It really is sooo helpful when making offers and I can only imagine how long it takes to update it. You are a disboards ROCKSTAR!
Got it --- should be fixed in the list now ---
mac_tlc
Thanks we are very excited hoping to add more points next yearCongrats on the great deal. I saw that listing and knew it was going to be gone on the next web update. Best of luck on ROFR.
After reading bethifoody's post I had put on my to-do list to call Fidelity today to make sure they at least had received estoppels from DVC and my next follow up would have been early next week to check on status of my closing documents. Well, last night I checked my e-mail and I already had my closing documents! So another vote for "mental messaging"
Terri
I'm now waiting to hear about our actual closing. They received our documents & check yesterday... How long should I wait before contacting them again regarding closing? I don't want to be a pest & not having gone through this before, don't know what's appropriate.
Glad to hear you both heard back!
