Q: Am I under contract?
I received a signed contract from buyer´s realtor, then I made changes in two clauses, initialized those changes and signed all contract´s pages. Buyer´s realtor did not accept those 2 changes and requested to go back to original conditions. Today I received better offers and informed buyer´s realtor that I need to pause and make a decision. She got upset, said we were under contract, kept texting, calling, etc. I did not answer anything and she sent back the contract initialized on both clauses, but changed one of them.
Contract expires today 11:59pm.
A:
You have an offer. You rejected the offer and made a counter offer. The counter offer was rejected. You never had a contract. All you had were unilateral offers.
What you should consider is to withdraw your unaccepted counter offer so all you have is their unacceptable offer unsigned by you.
Based on what you presented, once you withdraw your counter offer you can enter into a contract with anyone. Contract offer, counter offer and counter-counter offers are complicated. Use an attorney to guide you through this process.
1 user found this answer helpful
A: You have no contract.
A: You made a counter-offer which was rejected and thus no contract. You REALLY need to hire a lawyer.
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