They will often reveal what their motivating factor(s) are lack thereof are.

Save every penny you can for the next year, scrimp on everything, consider having a room mate, try keeping a money journal and writing down every dime you spend (beleive me its revealing), if your wife is not working get her out there.

But only excavation will reveal the answer for certain.Of course, the excavating costs an arm and a leg.

Or my end buyer to waste money on a title search that reveals a lien, judgment or undisclosed co-owner that kills the deal.In my market, it doesn't matter much what type of property it is.

We are supposed to close on purchasing a BOA short sale this Friday, and the title search just revealed that the sellers has a HELOC also with BOA that they paid off one year ago.

And should the parent and the son both be listed as "jointly and severally liable" even if the screening reveals the son is not in a position to assume this responsibility independently?

The agent is trying to avoid any other offers being submitted that might be higher than the one from the "intended" buyer, thus "not available yet, don't have keys yet, etc," Of course the agent can't reveal this to other agents/buyers.

While he did not reveal his data source, the point is that it's available, but not free.I like to see that @Kyle B.

I would imagine during inspection it may reveal the roof needs replacement and I would require a replacement credit from the seller or price reduction to cover costs of that to cover my butt.

They will either tell you a one sentence answer or they will go into a story that reveals why, and how motivated they are.