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John T FOR sounds about right :-). It did seem like it might have been an inside deal.

Hugh, I remember watching your deal go down. And recall some of your surprise at the process. Yes short sales are weird. Are you happy with your condo?

The B O A is the bank doing the sale here also.

I will be contacting the Board of Realtors shortly after our deal is finalized. As long winded as the OP was its a some what condensed version. The real deal was that the sellers had a backup deal in the works all the time, thats who ended up with the unit. But they re listed it for sale with no mention of the contingencies. That is the issue I plan to bring to the attention of the Board.

In the mean time we are happy with our new condo and look forward to having many others enjoy their stay on Kauai at the place.

Another side benefit to owning this unit is that we live in a flood zone area that has been swept by tsunamis in the past. So this gives us a fall back place if that were to happen again.

Cheers Richard