"But I Stayed at a Holiday Inn ..."

I am negotiating a contract on a commercial lot.

I've had this listed for a long time, but I know the owner, and the market has been slow, so we just keep trying. I got an offer last week from a well respected company. Oddly, I got another offer almost immediately. That usually sets off my radar, and in the end it was an agent trying to parachute on a tip he should not have even known about. At any rate, it started a small bidding war.

In the end we got full price after two increases, and felt like we should just take it. The owner agreed to sign the paperwork.

Then I got a call saying the financial advisor was asking if we could get another $25,000 ... ????

I asked where he lived. I asked if he was familiar with our market. I asked if he had a license to practice real estate. The answers were a hundred miles away ... no ... no ... but he stayed at a Holiday Inn last night and has access to public real estate websites.

I don't give out legal advice. I don't suggest tax tips. I don't build houses. I don't practice medicine. I don't even perform insect control. The reason is that I don't have a license to do any of that.

Why is it that everyone in the world thinks they are a real estate guru?