If something occurred in her life that is making this a challenge to pay, she should have communicated with you earlier so you could create a course of correction. 

That will educate you and prevent frustration the next time an issue occurs.

Sellers proposed worker at moving company fix versus buyers proposed qualified flooring professional.Below is our next emailed message to sellers' agent.Thank you for your quick response; however, there are a few items of note that the sellers and I disagree with in your email.There is no speculation regarding when the damage occurred.

In my (Eastern Mass) experience, overpriced cities tend to get more overpriced in boom times, and are first to recover from periodically occurring busts (e.g.

Is this a normal occurence at auctions?

Both are VERY familiar with the machinations of the bad actors in the Real Estate field.It really is a problem that should NOT have every occurred and because it was certainly very prevalent, here in NYC especially, you will create leaders who will want to put a stop on these kinds of bad actors.It's very similar in the way that we should not abandon our Allies as you will create more enemies.In this case, the Rent-Controlled Renters are our Allies but they felt abandoned, at least, here in NYC.Again, these bad actors have also made it difficult for me to maximize my own profits on legitimate Market Rate Buildings as they illegally added market rate supply of buildings that should not have become Market rate.IF they did not get away with their bad behavior, I would have certainly have done even better than I have already done over the last 21 years I have been investing in NYC Real Estate.To me, these bad actors stole my profits and opportunities as a result of shifting the mindset of the renter class to be anti-Landlord while they reaped the illegal gains.Again, I am not saying ALL Landlords are bad.... but certainly "All Landlords are Good" is untrue.AND, as I pointed out, many of the bad landlords controlled a significant share of rent controlled apts to make a difference in our political atmosphere.We are in our potential Universal Rent Control situation for a reason that could have been prevented.

@James DarganAnyone who targets those 10k jobs will go bust the first time they find a surprise, miss a schedule, or have any of the million problems that can and do occur. 70% or real close.

Valuation is so critical to buying right that I would want the appraiser to "sell me" on the final number.Again, it's not unusual for an appraiser to give a seller a chance to provide comps as part of the appraisal process - but it is unusual that it occurred after-the-report was issued. 

The covenants in the special warranty deed only extend to any breaches in title that were caused by the grantor or occurred during the time the grantor owned the property.

@Brooke Spaulding thanks so much for posting this and I am VERY sorry that this has occurred.