- Claim you’re buying all-cash; then use a loan
- Attempt to chip price materially; blame lender
- When seller resists price chip, force your agent to take a commission reduction, even though he brought you an off-market deal
- Request an extension of closing
- Request another extension of closing
- When seller requests payment for delay, act surprised
- Ask for face to face meeting with the seller (because those usually go really well)
- Force your agent to pay part of the cost of buying the extension out of his commission (again, even though he brought you an off-market deal)
NOTE: For the record, I was the seller here, not the buyer’s broker.