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What are red flags that a buyer will back out?

Watch for these behavioral tells: evasiveness about financial details, delays in providing the REBNY statement, sloppy or incomplete initial documentation, excessive requests for contractor access during attorney review, and an attorney who agonizes over trivial contract clauses. Buyers who dramatically overbid in bidding wars often experience severe remorse and manufacture inspection-based re-trade attempts to claw back their premium.

From the seller playbook: Behavioral Risk Signals in Buyers

This is general information, not legal, tax or accounting advice. Every situation is different. Talk to a licensed attorney, accountant or tax professional before you act.

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