# When Should You Use a Double Closing?

**URL:** <https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605>\
**Category:** Buying Strategies\
**Created:** [May 25, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605 "2025-05-25T15:58:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Rob\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rob\_G](https://forum.retipster.com/u/Rob_G)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605/1 "2025-05-25T15:58:33Z")

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Hello guys wanted some opinions about double closing, when is the best situation  
to double close? It seems to me it would be better to do it with larger deals, also how often are you all using this strategy in your deals?

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**Author:** ![steveH](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.retipster.com/steveh/32/4116_2.png) [@steveH](https://forum.retipster.com/u/steveH)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605/2 "2025-05-25T19:23:37Z")

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We need to build a bigger buyers list. Because we are primarily funders we don’t do it often. Sometimes an agent will have a pocket buyer

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**Author:** ![Rwilliams](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.retipster.com/rwilliams/32/4322_2.png) [@Rwilliams](https://forum.retipster.com/u/Rwilliams)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605/3 "2025-05-25T21:46:30Z")

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Usually bigger deals that might have some due diligence issues. Be honest with the seller about what you’re doing and check if DCs are legal in your state.

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**Author:** ![seanjean](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.retipster.com/seanjean/32/3366_2.png) [@seanjean](https://forum.retipster.com/u/seanjean)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605/4 "2025-05-26T12:01:38Z")

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There is a time and place for double closings, to be sure, but I tend to prefer a straight-up cash closing whenever I can. It’s just way cleaner and easier to maneuver.

But, that’s making the **big** assumption that we actually have the cash or funding to do it. When you don’t have the cash or can’t get the money at the right price, it’s one of your only options.

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**Author:** ![willdub](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.retipster.com/willdub/32/2425_2.png) [@willdub](https://forum.retipster.com/u/willdub)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605/5 "2025-05-26T16:22:18Z")

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Haven’t done one yet but from what I’ve seen DCs are usually used as a form of risk mitigation typically because 1) margins are slimmer 2) some unknown factor that would make a cash close risky

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**Author:** ![Rob\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rob\_G](https://forum.retipster.com/u/Rob_G)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://forum.retipster.com/t/when-should-you-use-a-double-closing/9605/6 "2025-08-13T01:39:21Z")

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thanks Sean totally understand that