@Marty Summers As long as you're not a licensed agent, there's nothing wrong with you contacting the seller directly, but the seller's agent should have insisted that all communications be run through him to prevent the seller from saying something that weakens his negotiating position.I suspect that if you got the seller to de-list, you could be sued for interference in a contractual relationship.Also, the agent is under no obligation to de-list while the contract is in effect.

Also, there's always events like 9/11 that are unexpected and temporarily upset the economy as a whole.

I have "landlord" account set up with GA Power so I don't have to pay the set up fee every time tenants leave and gets put back in my name temporarily until next tenant moves in.

.- Sell now, downsize and live mortgage free and invest the difference or buy a rental property- Rent out her home (she estimates she can get around $6500/mo for it) and rent somewhere else temporarily. - Refi and get an interest only loan, pull out about $300k in equity from her home and buy a rental propertyI'm sure there are tons more options and lots of variations here on how to do it. 

Getting stuck temporarily after that won't stop me because I'll know I've done a deal and can do another one. 

When Covid goes away that trend will weaken significantly and most of humanity will go back to working and living the old fashioned way and cities will continue to grow. 9-11 did not kill New York - although I know in the early day’s post the attacks there were a lot of articles about how NYC will empty out.

Even if all parties agree to spending it, the lower amount held weakens your position.

NY had torrens title _ dont know about PA - but it is weakened - but you might look into it.

For example, the pool is "temporarily closed" but we still pay a pool service fee - Maintenance which we pay for which is contracted to bad vendors.  

I guess I temporarily forgot about the NSA.