All real estate markets may be local (not unlike politics) but at present there are so many unusual factors that would appear to create one big U.S. market, such as the institutional buyers making cash offers.

This is highly unusual and I consulted my attorney and I was able to get an old survey and long story short, I decided it is still worthy of pursuing even if I have to modify the fence and yield the strip of land back to the city.

Yellow letters have an unusually high expectation for this sort of thing and there are many reasons for that.

Or, at the post office take a look at their first class stamps and there's always something unusual in there that you've never seen.

I have found that 6-8 weeks are not unusual turnaround time.

Enjoy the unusual allowances....

And if you do this, you are likely not a young 20 something by that point or you took some unusual steps that most people don't- which would warrant an interesting post. 

This seller credit for buyer side commission isn't unusual as it is exactly like seller contributions to buyer closing costs that have been done for years.Remember, you as a buyer can insist on a non-exclusive buyer representation or very short representation time period.

It is not unusual for large corporate tenants to have a re agent negotiate their lease renewals and that agent expects to get paid a commission.

But its not too unusual to say "3 days after closing" or some such.