Let's Make A DEAL!!!

[kyburg]

Okay, the shoe dropped.

There are multiple offers on the table, and the agent has presented us with a counter-offer for us to respond to.

The asking price has increased $6,000.

The deposit has been increased from $2,000 to $5,000.

And some more legal crap - we pay more of the fees and additionals, and we accept arbitration instead of retaining our right to sue for damages should any occur.

ARGH. Well, what does the resourceful girl am I do?

Why, a LJ poll, of course!
[Poll #108992]

And if you said Other, clarify -

You have until 12:30 PM tomorrow, PST.

Me? I'm going to start looking for a nice hotel. I'm going to need it.

Comments

hmmm...

[turandot.livejournal.com]

The whole "relinquish our right to sue if there are damages" sounds hockey to me. Perhaps because when my parents bought their house, they had the same clause thrust upon them, and the damages incurred when the other family moved were never taken care of, even though the realtor swore left and right that the former owner would pay for them. At some point, the guy stopped answering the realtor's calls, and the forwarding address he gave her was "temporary".

Would it hurt to find a temporary rental situation, so you would have a respite from frantically looking for a house?

Re: hmmm...

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Well, it isn't relinquishing rights...just agreeing to arbitration first.

We're going to be in temporary housing - a glorified hotel room with a baby kitchen in it. I just don't like having to pay top dollar for that, and not know I have something else on the way.