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When you write your earnest money check you want to show the seller that you are serious about buying their house. If it is a $400,000 house you do not want to write a $500 check. It would be more appropriate to write a $5000 check. For a $200,000 house I would want you to write a $2,000 or $3,000 check. Sure you could write a bigger check for an earnest money deposit, but there is an potential issue when doing that.
A seller who accepts a purchase offer/contract and receives the earnest money check has every rights to go ahead and deposit it. Question. My offer to buy a new home was just accepted by the seller a week ago. The contract stated that I was to put up $3,000 in earnest money. After the seller accepted the offer, my real estate agent delivered a check for $3,000 to the seller as my earnest money and to show my good faith.