Scaredy, in case you are already beyond your inspection contingency…Are you still within the loan contigency? Not sure if it would help, but I wonder if you disclose this issue (assuming it’s big) to your lender, maybe it’s possible you can work with them to have the loan denied for this property.

I recall my parents mentioning this to me awhile ago that they did something like this a long time ago… they were beyond the inspection contingency when they discovered something they didn’t like. All they did was disclose the issue to the lender, and the lender readily agreed that they to deny the loan on that property, and since it failed the loan contingency, they got their earnest money back… I’m not sure if that would still work in today’s environment. Maybe BG/sdr or others more knowledgeable can comment on the feasibility of this (and I definitely stand to be corrected if this is not possible) I’m just throwing out out-of-the-box ideas in case you need them.