I seem to have decided on Southern food for dinner -- blackened tofu, collard greens, and cornmeal waffles. (I didn't go grocery shopping, so I'm making do with what I've got. The collard greens were supposed to be part of a dish a few days ago that I never got around to making. Everything else is made from stuff I have on hand.)

After a third try the seller's agent finally answered all the questions. The seller is willing to do 1 tiny repair that we asked for but not another major thing.

I know you hate having to keep dealing with your current situation, sj, but it sounds like time to walk away.

Ginger, it may be. We're going to have that discussion with our agent tomorrow and in the meantime figure out what the fixes we will need to make will cost us eventually. If we do continue we're probably going to run into another wall when the banks appraiser does his/her thing. I doubt the appraisal is going to match our offer and if it is lower, the sellers are most likely not going to want to come down. TCG definitely wants to walk away, but we're going to at least think about it overnight.

Walk away, and let them stew. Didn't they already make at least a small concession after refusing your first offer and then getting a taste of the actual market? Worst case, you buy some other house that's less perfect but at least you're shed of having to do business with some truly unpleasant people who have been making what's already a stressful process even worse; or, in another couple of weeks, they find themselves needing to choke on their own shitty attitude and the shittier realities of the housing market and finally give you something you can truly work with.

Walk away, and let them stew. Didn't they already make at least a small concession after refusing your first offer and then getting a taste of the actual market? Worst case, you buy some other house that's less perfect but at least you're shed of having to do business with some truly unpleasant people who have been making what's already a stressful process even worse; or, in another couple of weeks, they find themselves needing to choke on their own shitty attitude and the shittier realities of the housing market and finally give you something you can truly work with.

This is a definite possibility. Yes, they did come down on the price after a week with no other offers.

Yes, they did come down on the price after a week with no other offers.

That's crazy in these times! They are such a weird combination of impatient to sell and not willing to make the concessions they need to make to sell.

That's crazy in these times! They are such a weird combination of impatient to sell and not willing to make the concessions they need to make to sell.

Yes, that is exactly how they are acting, and it's really infuriating.

Huh. I did not know David Ogden Stiers came out a couple of years ago.

sj,

I'm just going to ditto what JZ said. I hate real estate transactions and it doesn't make the buyer feel good if you have to prior the seller loose on every.single.thing.

good luck. hopefully your agent has your back and will give you good counsel.