I would push back as much as possible, and at the very least negotiate down as much as you can Contractors, and humans in general for that matter, are usually less motivated after they have been paid... 

I’m always curious what actual human beings are using, as opposed to the ad-supported results from a search engine

While a dealer may skid by a technical violation on one hand, the punishment may be applied under other laws and done so to a much greater extent due to the surrounding facts.  

$500.00 gone.Folks, you need to calibrate your BS Meters, get off the internet, I don't know of an industry that has more scams running and predatory dealers than real estate, in a local survey a few years ago around here, the professionalism of used car dealers was rated higher than Realtors/Landlords.

Get someone on the phone from Human Resources, you need an authorization letter from her to get her employment information. 

If you know nothing about housing join Habitat for Humanity and do several projects.  

Hey all,After years of reading, years of saving, years of podcasts, ive finally put an offer in on a house in which the dealer accepted!

Our reliance on technology makes us forget that all this data is coming from humans who often make mistakes.

I figured at least I was getting a human that I could run the scenarios by.

Large 3 family property where every room from the floor to the ceiling was filled with EVERYTHING from clothes, to toys, to food, to (in a couple of spots) human feces and urine.