. ;)Now I see the motivation of "defending" your suggested attorney.Just saying Ann, your response could have been phrased a little differently to say what you thought without it making it sound I was full of it.

For instance, I had to submit the request for the tenant's wheelchair ramp and also defend it at the hearing when they denied it.  

There is a higher chance of having to defend a Contract for Deed/Land Contract for the treatment of an excutory contract than it would take to enforce a Deed of Trust.  

I don't know what the courts are like in NJ but I had some rentals in Buffalo, NY and the judges were always giving the tenants/defendants extra time to pay backrent.

You know how attorneys are… The more people listed as a “defendant” the better!

I suspect they ratified the contract so commish is owed.I bet this just blows over its a small claims matter most likely anyways.. but one can sue for performance I did that last year and won.. my first ever but there was substantial dollars involved.I put up over 30k to pay back tax's and the seller would not sell.. so I sued for performance and won.Now I had to on the date of closing put all my cash into escrow 100% of purchase price and it was a tidy sum.. and it sat there for 18 months while we went through the court process.. the Judge gave the seller every opportunity to defend but she just went completely dark and lived there 2 years for free. but I know thats an extreme deal and most folks ( buyers will not go to this level) and or have the ability to do that since they need a loan to buy.. but there is a lot of cash out there so we can't make that assumption that the buyer does not have cash to come to closing on the close date and make a demand.  

Makes it easy to defend security deposit deductions when we noted that we asked the tenant 3-4 times in 1 year to clean the stove and then had to deduct for the stove being filthy.

This means the fees aren't actually excessive, just reflecting a new equilibrium (market clearing) price (which may make some buyers unhappy).A 4th possibility: The government will act to 'defend' tenants, imposing price controls or other regulatory barriers to a market clearing price.

Im sure someone will come on here and try to defend it, but as Krugman insinuates, anyone who does does not even lack a year 1 college education in basic economics.

If a seller happens to have documented everything well, they might be able to defend them self, but possibly not even then.