So, if the Seller is bitter that you left the contract and takes his/her sweet time signing off on the Earnest $ release form, it may take some time for you to get it back.

There is a good chance they will feel bitter about the increase and may cause trouble.

Middle of December on a bitter cold day and the tank runs out of gas.

Have a blessed day and I pray you find peace, because you come off as a bitter old man.

There is always some "noise in the measurements" (as neither asking price, appraisal nor actual selling price is equal to that "real" market value in a sense).Anyway, slight digression :DSeverin, I understand what you mean and I think you are spot on, but the figure you want to find out, the intrinsic value of a property, which could be the real estate equivalent to the "book value" of a company (provided it is accurate, and the financial statements filed are accurate) is very hard to ascertain, as it depends on a number of variables, and also on buyer expectations that are subjective:- The comparable properties that are for sale on the market at a certain moment (the "rival" properties also for sale) and their condition.

Bitter relations between tenants and landlords, with an arms race between ever-more ingenious strategies to force tenants out -- what yesterday's article oddly described as ''free-market horror stories'' -- and constantly proliferating regulations designed to block those strategies?

At first I was bitter at VRBO but thanks to a lot of help from people on this site and others I’ve gotten 5 bookings in just the last week! 

The cocktail sounds to taste bitter.

This makes for someone very bitter.

When he couldn't pay, he refused to leave, so it's almost guaranteed, if he doesn't pay the rent, he will dig in until the bitter end and make you do a full eviction and then physically thow him out.Find yourself a different tenant.