[John M]

When we bought our house we had numerous arguments with the seller. He was the biggest pain in the butt ever. He had the house on the Market for 18 months. The reaosn it was on so long was he was aking way too much. Apparently he overpaid for it in the late 80's and wanted his money back. I bought a 92 year old victorian, he had bought it in pristine condition then did nothing for 10 years. It needed alot of work when he was selling it. We argued over everything, the roof, heat, plumbing and electric. I was not sure the deal was going to happen until it was signed it took 4 months to get it all wrapped up. It was very stressful, da wife was crying constantly as I played hard ball with the seller. All in all I love the house but I would not want to go through that hell again, when we signed the deal the seller was so miserable, I guess I would be too if I had to write a check for 40,000$ to the mortagage company becasue he sold for far less than he owed. Morale of the story fight it out stick to your guns and get the best deal for yourself....it also helped tha the realtor was great, he has sold me and my wife 2 homes and handled the sale or purchase for 5 of our feinds transactions.....