CE Escrow

This escrow company is either a complete scam or is as unprofessional as someone selling you a beach front property in San Berdoo.
Here’s the lowdown: I just found out over the weekend that these fools who run this monkey business of an escrow company has kept my sister’s earnest money since 2012, after the seller could not remove a lien on the property she was buying. Last I checked, we are in the middle of 2014. That’s right folks, after repeated cancellation requests and the general «your check is in the mail» responses they learned from their time at scam school, we are TWO years in and still no refund. Needless to say, I was furious — furious at my sister for keeping this from me for so long. Can you imagine how mad (mad as in mad, not mad as in mad decent) I was at these clowns?
At the end of the day, it’s not so much money where we need to take up some Suits-​style legal rep. Truth be told, we can’t afford a Harvey Specter anyways. But whatever happened to professional accountability? RE sale does not complete, escrow cancelled, earnest money returned. It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.
The thing about email is it provides you with a record of the entire conversation with dates attached to it. My humble advise for those buying a house in Arcadia and greater LA, avoid this escrow company like you would your overbearing mother-​in-​law. Unless, of course, you like someone holding onto your money for a couple of years just for the fun of keeping the email dialogue going.