When I took this listing it was for a $174,000 condo in my building (why is it that the lower-priced properties seem to have so many issues? at least that has been my experience) the sellers tried to lower my commission by 2 points, but I stood my ground. Perhaps I should have taken that as an indication of what would come. I staged the unit for them, it was painted, new carpeting. We received a contract in less than 60 days. The offer was for $169,000 with 100% financing and $1,000 earnest money with a closing almost 60 days out. I mentioned to the seller that $1,000 down was not a lot for such a long wait for closing. That's when the problems began. They took it to their attorney straight away. The seller's wife told me the attorney "was like a son to her". This attorney suggested a contingency contract in which I would continue to show the property but if another offer comes through the buyer would have to come up with $4,000;spoke to me for the first time for less than 5 minutes and yelled he was not going to explain it to me, with an expletive, and hung up. I was stunned. I told the sellers about the exchange and from that point on the attorney did not communicate with me. He killed the deal eventually by crossing out the buyer's request for condo docs. The the sellers shifted into overly emotional blame-finding. I decided to not renew with them and told them 1 week before my expiration I did all I could, suggested another realtor, they were not happy. So guess what? In that week we got another contract. The closing date has been delayed twice. My communication has been with the sellers by e-mail, who are not going to closing. I e-mailed the settlement sheet to the attorney and the realtor. The realtor for the seller said she would be happy to pick up my check for me if I cannot attend closing and we can make arrangments for the buyer to get the keys. What do you think ? Should I go and deal with this attorney? I have other closings that may conflict-so this may be a non-issue.