In other situations, the seller or a partner, had medical issues and bills were mounting. 

If you are a do it yourselfer, buy a gas powered pressure washer or remember to include that in the annual maintenance of the exterior. 

Typically, they're mounted to public property.  

I invest in Mount Vernon, and think Skagit is a great place.

If you remove your inspection contingency AND THEN demand this or that, your EMD is at risk.Shady realtors have been known to pressure their clients to remove contingencies before they are ready, threatening their EMD if they don't, which is ironic because that is the OPPOSITE of how it works.

Sixth, "pressure"?

I have 3 slightly older kidos and feel the pressure but if you can do it with 5 and below hey .. no  more excuses..Thanks for sharing; Congrats and keep pressing!

I'm from Mount Vernon 

As a professional organization, if he's a member, they can help hold him accountable by putting peer pressure on him.Don't stop pushing and make sure you keep everything in writing. 

The more plausible possible negative consequence (you're going to say that you didn't know, didn't read the paperwork, and your predatory lender pressured you into it) would be that the lender calls the note due, forcing you to refinance into investment property financing, meaning you'd have to come in with 20%-3.5% = 16.5% during a refinance (25%-3.5% if multi unit).