Even if they're not representing the seller/lender, there's nothing wrong with them determining that the contract isn't being fulfilled the way it was legally arranged, and therefore they want to protect *themselves* by ensuring that the contract reflects what's happening in real life.Also, the escrow company will now have more work (the loan package prep, signing and filing), and they may need to increase their fees, which *would* need to be approved by the lender.What I'm saying is, you're getting unnecessarily concerned at this point -- it's not unreasonable that the escrow company is asking for this and there's no reason to believe the lender will have an issue with it.I'm going to start stating "buyer reserves the right to purchase this property using non-contingent financing instead of cash" in all of my "cash only" offers from now on.I've put that in every offer I've made for the past 4 years.

If you feel the appraisal was performed in a commercially unreasonable manner (and you can really back that up) seek an attorney now.

It will be a percentage of the deal but they have spec'ed all the materials down to a fair detail so little room for unreasonable padding.John Corey

We are trying to be as reasonable as we can with this isue but our landlords seem to be being as unreasonable as posible.

Your expectations are somewhat unreasonable I'm afraid.

You need to go out of your way to ensure that the collateral is in all ways as good or better than the collateral being replaced.While I have done collateral substitution deals, I strongly advise to avoid the temptation of doing so without the approval of the lender/investor, such approval not being unreasonably denied.

Does $75 for a service call sound like an unreasonable expense?

Explain the situation calmly preferably while sitting down with her and explain what the lease says as well as what options are available; however, bottom line she caused unreasonable damage and not typical wear and tear on items.

That certainly seems unreasonable to me.I generally like to think about it from this perspective -- the money/risk is worth about 50% and the time/effort is worth about 50% (not everyone agrees with this, btw, but this is my opinion).

And knowing prices in many other areas, I don't think this is unreasonable in many parts of the country.But again, it's going to differ based on several factors and getting several bids is the best bet...