[quote=FlyerInHi]Shoveler, so you think that I could sue for specified performance and legal fees, and expect to win?[/quote]
I don’t know but this case caused some changes in CA. It suggests that since the buyer can back out at any time until the contingencies are removed, a residential real estate contract is actually a unilateral option contract unsupported by consideration – and therefore unenforceable. I’m going to look more closely at it before I buy another house :