Whew! What an ordeal. The inspection revealed high radon, so we asked the sellers to mitigate and make a few other minor repairs. In the meantime, we waited...and waited...for the appraisal. It finally came in today, near the bottom of our agreed-to range. It contained a few errors that we used to put some pressure on them to agree to our repairs. After an hour of additional wrangling, we reached an agreement. Most importantly, they're mitigating the radon

We're supposed to close on the 4th and take possession on the 9th. I plan to move on the 14th. My birthday is the 10th so this is one heck of a present. I was born in the town we're moving to, so I think it's kind od funn that I've come full circle.

Ironically, the appraised value is exactly what we initially offered the sellers. What a headache just to arrive at the figure we felt was reasonable (and which they thought was "shockingly" low). Good grief.

This may be a buyer's market, but it's not quite that easy. And I have to now sell my house, too. Ugh!