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scoobit ~

I'd be very hesitant to send in the money first - whenever you buy a home, you sign docs and bring your money in then. So if you decide to take the offer, I'd say I'll give you the money when I sign the docs (and even then, I'd worry they could still back out after you'd signed - seems I've read somewhere on here that they changed it after that but I'm not sure).

Is this their first offer? If yes, maybe you could think about responding with something like, "that's very helpful and I appreciate your attempts to help me with this but I really need something more because... give them reasons." See where that gets you. It got me a "what is it you're looking for?". I said what I was then two weeks and I was told, "I'll check with my boss." Two weeks later, same offer came back. I still held back and said I needed something better and am waiting to hear response.

If this is not the first try, and you can live with it and afford it, then maybe you should think about taking it - but not giving them the money until you're sure it's a done deal.