I almost forgot about this thread.
Update for those interested:
After a ton of headaches, we finally closed on the house on June 10th. It was by far the strangest business transaction I've ever experience. It was like pulling hairs with every little thing. Every professional there said the exact same thing. They've never seen anything like this and it would be entertaining if it weren't so sad. The house belonged to the mother of 3 children, all in their 40's-50's I'd say and some have not spoken to one another in 25 years. The mom is 96 and they placed her in a nursing home. A very nice lady from what we've heard. Her kids on the other hand...
When we first got there, we met the "nice" sister who just wanted what was best for their mom. She was actually pleasant to deal with and we were glad to meet her. Her siblings however, were....how do I put it, lightly...greedy, money hungry trolls. It started off quiet, but then the husband of the "nice" sister had an screaming match with the brother. The other sister and brother started fighting also and each one had to be placed in a separate room. This really answered a lot of what we had to deal with and what the realtor and attorneys had to deal with. We tried to get them to pay for the rate lock extensions and a few minor discrepancies and they took it to a vote. The nice sister said yes and the other two said no. It was only $1500 total mind you. It was hard enough to get them all to the closing so we settled for the attorney, the realtor and our mortgage agent together giving us some compensation. They wanted this whole ordeal to be over as much as we did.
In the end, their true colors really showed and I hope they all get what they deserve. They split the proceeds after all the fees four ways.....and gave the mother a disproportionally smaller share...for her own house. Granted she may be dealing with Medicare, but I doubt the siblings were doing it as a favor to protect their mom. We could literary hear them fighting over the money in the next room. They were treating this like they won the lottery.
As for the realtor, I still hate her lol....but I do understand now how all this turned into a clusterfuck. She was being told one thing from one sibling without the other sibling knowing....and since the siblings didn't talk to one another, we ended up getting the dirty end of the stick. All in all, we ended up paying $1k more than we had to. As crappy as all that went down, we still got a great deal on the house. I was tempted to tell the old owners the house appraised for $30k more than we paid...but my wife said no, lol.
Anyway, I'm a proud homeowner and ultimately feel grateful for how everything turned out. I finally have my very own two car garage for my Z. Can't wait to fix it up into something more than a storage space. Thanks for all those who helped. Cheers!
