[quote=DataAgent]> What could the OP have done differently?
Glad you asked… one lesson he learned is in real estate everything needs to be in writing. His $5000 counteroffer was done verbally. His counteroffer was not legally binding and there’s no proof he even made the counteroffer. The realtor could easily say “Counteroffer? I never saw a counteroffer.”[/quote]
In CA (we don’t know that this is the case here) I believe an oral agreement is BINDING if there is a PERCIPIENT, convincing and cooperative witness to it who is NOT A PARTY. I can’t comment on other jursidictions.
