(I used to get peeved at threat of suit (it still can bother the wife) that I would take a stubborn stance (and still never got sued) but now I typically ignore the threat (except for one recent threat that concerned my primary residence where I consulted a lawyer - no suit yet).Regardless of your intent of the pet deposit, I would use it as a pet deposit to pay for any pet damage and refund the rest.

I don't know why he's so stubborn about this.  

You can't reinvent the wheel basically.Lets be honest, FSBO are usually stubborn thinking they have a property worth more than what it really is worth.

Mortgages that are equal to asking price, not motivated, or stubborn.

The tremendous growth in private money lending has also been indirectly fueled by bank qualification standards, which have remained stubbornly high in the post recession lending environment.

Very thorough and detail oriented, extroverted-introvert and a bit stubborn at times (see it through!)

I've had a few people call and try and negotiate with the owner but they are very stubborn.

In fact, I'd argue that many of the old farts with a half decade of experience aren't worth listening to anymore because they are stubborn and stuck in their old ways.I don't know Graham's net worth but based on some of his transparent videos on the topic, I'd estimate he's worth around $20 million bucks (and I'd estimate about $5 million of that has come from real estate).

Hi Brian, Thank you for such a detailed response. 1. yeah his justification for only wanting bank financing does seem a little silly but he’s stubborn. 2. 

It's only stubbornness that keeps them from turning these over to pm.