The house is a ranch with a 3 car detached garage with an above ground pool and about 3 acres of land.

May have a long car ride with Mom and Step-dad this weekend to get clarity on everyone's intentions. 

Is this an automatic win?

Never get into a car, yours or theirs, with someone you don't know.

People do not not automatically travel with their pets.

I heard of a buddy once buying s car on a credit card and it was considered to be one of the dumbest things ever.  

You can file what is known as an extension and get yourself an automatic (i.e. no questions asked) delay until October 15th.

I feel like I am dealing with time-share or car sales.

I will say though we kind of built the right product for this market cycle.. big single levels with 3 car garages catering to the empty nester and down sizer we get buyers coming in off their small oregon hobby farm .. our first time move up buyer did slow a ton but we have sold to families as well just not like it was pre interest rate spike.. our other folks are either paying cash or borrowing very little so interest rates are not affecting them.

And if there's any paint chipping it's likely you fail automatically so cover those up.