Going around the attorney to the seller through the agent to see if he'll play ball with you forces his hand.

Really just try and calm him down and go and bust your balls to find another buyer and make it happen!

I guaranty if you were to battle anther realtor with a borrower/ buyer who was to do as I described above, 7 out of 10 times you would lose down here in FL  with that outdated strategy of "Poor Mouthing the Offer" with ridiculous Good Faith Deposit amount in escrow.If I were selling a 500k home, and an a buyer hit me with a 5k deposit, their offer would be out like the fat kid in 5th grade dodge ball!

If you think you can make the numbers work with a $30000 budget to fix it and you want to put an offer in, I would contact a local foundation repair company to get more precise numbers during inspection phase.

Thanks for running with the ball, Josh!

If they do not them low ball the hell out of them.

Would possibly make a sort of low ball offer.

What can I do to get this ball rolling now?

I mainly do  wholesaling so this is a different ball game and process for me.

Normally i wouldn't consider this, but recently one of the kids balls fell into the pipes causing a sewage backup into the house, permanently damaging my original hardwood floors.