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The buyer wanted the house and the car. The seller countered with the cat.

https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hp-home-sales-concessions-20190309-story.htmlA mustang and a feline

Jeffrey Young, Sotheby's International Realty: It was probably 20 years ago, before banks would get squirrely about things left behind in homes. The house was in Los Feliz. I had shown it to my client, and in the garage was a beautiful '65 Mustang. You could tell that it was somebody's baby.

My client said that he would buy the house if the seller leaves the car. I had never had anyone request anything like that before, but I asked the listing agent. They told me the seller will never sell the car. However, the next day the agent calls and says, "OK, the seller will leave the car if the buyer pays

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