One guest commented that 'the place feels larger than it appears in the pictures'. 

The numbers I see don't appear out of line.

It would appear the seller's agent did submit all offers and the seller rejected the poster's offer.

She gave them the information and the loan officer appears to have messed up. 

Once you've managed to spray four of these very light coats over the entire extent of the stain, you can apply polyurethane to the stain and it will not repenetrate, react with the cat urine still in the wood, and cause the stain to appear again.There are other tricks that a flooring professional might use, like ripping up the existing floor in the area of the stain, fabricating a patch out of new oak, and darkening it up a bit with a stain to match the sanded surrounding boards.

There appears to be a couple coming up beginning of the new year on BP events.

If you quoted your agent correctly, then it appears your agent is violating ethics rules as well as giving advice on a topic they know nothing about (taxes), which by the way opens them up to professional liability. 

Two cities keep on appearing in all the research my staff has done: Austin and Phoenix.

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