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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here (my last post, for obvious reasons!)

Why are some of you so high strung today? I'm still going through with the sale! You make it sound like I've stolen this house from you. It's East of the River, people, I'm sure 99% of you have never set foot past Eastern Market. [/quote]

Agent again. I hope I didn't sound high strung, I didn't mean to. It's tough to whittle these things down to specific contract language in this market because sellers are all wacky and think they can do what they want anyway. But you got the point of it. And you want to see high strung, jeez, go into the expectant moms forum and post that you would never want to breastfeed your baby. Watch what happens there, it's partly hilarious and partly just...sad.

Good luck OP. I still maintain your agent could verbally float these issues over to the seller's agent to get a read on what they might say back. If nothing's in writing then you haven't in effect "replaced" the contract to one with an addendum, and you would still be fine to go ahead and purchase the house.[/quote]

Here is what I might be worried about as a seller and why I might act "high strung", "wacky":  I'm selling my property "As is".  It's an estate sale, I haven't lived in the property myself, I don't know if there is anything wrong with it,  I just want it sold and I don't want to have to do repairs.  I make my terms clear: As Is.  Can't get more clear than that, right?

A buyer accepts those terms and places an offer, outbidding others in the process.  I accept the offer relieved that things are moving forward.  Next thing I know, the buyer is asking me for 600 bucks - half of the cost to treat a termite problem.  It's only 600 bucks - and I might even be tempted to fork it over just to get it over with - but if I agree to go half on treating this termite problem what happens if the buyer starts removing paneling, opening up ceilings and finds even more extensive termite damage.  Will I be on the hook for those repairs, too?

And what about all of the buyers who were truly ready to buy my place "As is".  Is it fair for me to grant an exception to the rules to JUST  this one buyer and fix things for them but not the others?  Maybe the others would have offered more and outbid OP if I had given them all a chance....

Maybe one of those buyers will get mad and accuse me of illegally favoring the Op in my home sale.  What would happen if they did that?

OP's request seems so straight forward and so honest - it's terrible to jump on her/him (sorry, Op).  At the same time, it seems that such a request could put the seller in a difficult position.

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This buyer seems to be very easily upset and riled over not understanding (really not [b]agreeing[/b]) with a very simple term, and very quick to sling at others who are patiently  (and pretty kindly explaining) . "as is" has been defined simply and many times in the last 6 pages. If I were to accept her offer, I would expect a 6-7 hour closing while everyone had to explain every term in the boilerplate. Boilerplate: that means a standard contract. Why a standard contract? because that is the one we used. Why not a different one? Why do I have to sign here? I don't want to ... and on and on. Just a kind of a very young, hysterical inexperienced buyer. So, if I had another in the wings with more experience and fewer long drawn out questions, I would be inclined to say OK, well, bye. 
Then there is the legal issues (above) where you changed your terms and did not fairly offer them to other buyers. Just a big mess. and a PITA.[/quote]

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