Apparently the seller's mortgage is with a small independent office and their staff was really disrupted by this.

Anything other than “equal” in this circumstance would most likely disrupt the relationship you have already established.  

Sometimes it’s easier to not rock the boat... but if it’s something that’s pretty easy to do and not too disruptive, maybe coordinate some time.

If another shut down does occur it will disrupt a huge amount of business here in the valley and trickle down through the distributors and other ancillary organizations that depend on the tourism money, even indirectly. 

Running around a place and being disruptive is a fear reaction to a massive change.Not saying the parents shouldn’t have a handle on it (counting to 4.5 reminds me of the rabbit in Monty Python and the holy grail) and its their reaction I’d be judging to.

And one reason to do so, is that a Recession is likely to soon begin, as a by-product of the COVID-19 virus, now disrupting the U.S. in 2020.

The loss of space as well as the disruption can be difficult to the Tennant when its time to build.

I opted NOT to disrupt the process and take this as a somewhat Learning lesson. 

The owner doesn't want to disrupt the tenant more than necessary, and the tenant doesn't want to be disrupted.  

If the place has a lot of BOLT DOWN equipment that is hard to move that can insulate the business from wanting to leave as can cause a major disruption in their business.