I stepped in it--- but the splatter will land on someone else!

Am not a licensed Realtor, but have a slightly different paradigm to most posting about running away. Isn't the first goal of any Licensed Realtor to provide Service to the Client? So basically an older man came to you that per your post has little to no expertise in real estate, checking title, etc and his wife is not mentally well. Rather than EXPLAIN there are problems, and find an attorney or someone with sufficient to give this man useful and accurate advice; the realtor ran away. How does this benefit the client or the situation? Seems to me there should be some way to improve the situation. At least give the prospective client a list of problems that ANY realtor needs to resolve, and point him in the right direction. Otherwise by running away, you are aware of the problems, but keeping them there for others to step in. IF your son was a less experienced real estate agent, would you leave this situation as is and HOPE he does not step in it?

Rob; Thanks for the prompt response. Reads much different with the part of how you advised the seller what needs to be done and they CHOOSE not to, rather than quick identify 3 problems and ran away.