In German, the word "Gross" means large.

Once we had good clarity on the true level of systemic problems for all Brokers operating in the marketplace, there was no reason to feel any other transactions might have been any better.

We were eventually forced to make an extremely difficult, conscious decision related to the "condition contingency removal" clause. We could have walked away and left these problems for others to navigate, but there was a high likely hood we stood to loose comparable or more money in a rental situation than we were facing with this purchase or any others we attempted. It was not our first time between a Rock and a Hard Place.

We made a decision to Buy and this website details all of it.

For any who believe this an isolated case or a new problem, the image below provides a glimpse back to 2007...

https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/hummel1.pdf

1. What made the Seller's Agent comfortable presenting three patently incomplete statutory disclosure documents AFTER contract ratification to a Buyer's Agent who worked for another Broker ?

2. Why wasn't the Seller's Agent initially worried about problems with his own Broker's Quality control processes due to the incomplete documents either at time of listing or at time of contract ratification?

3. Why wasn't the Seller's Agent initially worried about problems with complaints or protests from the Buyer's Agent and/or Broker?

4. Why did a supporting member of the Buyers Brokerage, with 40 years experience, acknowledge concerns with the disclosure documents but suggest the seller's should ignore those problems, do their inspections and then make a decision about the transaction instead of asking the Broker's to straighten out the problems first?

5. Why was it difficult to get the Seller's AVID signed after notifying the Seller's Agent it was not signed? Why did that require managerial involvement from the Buyer's Brokerage, especially given the Transaction Coordinator for the Seller was in fact a Broker herself (for a third party brokerage)?

6. What made the Seller's Agent feel comfortable it was acceptable to ignore a written demand for a fully completed SPQ while simultaneously processing a Demand for Condition Contingency removal? According to him, the one page form document cover sheet was an older version of the form. Sometimes saying nothing better than uttering gibberish.

These are simply "GROSS" problems. There are no answers from any Attorney or any Broker that will actually properly and satisfactorily indicate that the California Brokerage System in Monterey County, and possibly far broader is operating in a reasonable, logical, healthy or even "legal" manner.

The Children are always the future for those living in "Healthy Societies". With systems like this in the public eye, what young person would look at our currently organized society as a place to explore commerce with the same benefits of the prior generations?

The current "Real Estate Professionals", "Politicians" and "Legal Class" that have allowed this county wide thorn bush to blossom and thrive while pretending it's got Roses on it are the Pothole now.