Solar Panels on 15-year-old roof

[Steve Miklashevskiy]

Working with a buyer (I’m in New Jersey, cover most of Bergen and Hudson County) and we found a great house in Lodi 5BR 2.5BA - all boxes check out for my clients, except for the solar panels. They aren’t too crazy about solar panels, plus the roof is AT LEAST 15 years old (the seller’s husband passed away and she doesn’t know when the roof was replaced). My buyers know they will need to replace the roof at some point and they don’t want to take on the additional cost of removing the panels and placing them back after the roof has been replaced. The seller refuses to remove the solar panels (5 years left on the lease).

Has anyone dealt with a similar situation and if so, how did you handle it?