The Pig Almost Killed the Deal

A friend of mine is buying a condo and I am representing him. His offer was accepted and last Saturday was the inspection. After arriving at the condo, we let ourselves in and waited for the inspector to show. Upon the inspectors entry into the property, he stated "Get a load of the pig down the street".

Not sure what he meant by it, I stuck my head out the front door to see a woman in a pink bathrobe coming down her front steps. "Not the lady" the inspector added.....

I poked my head out further and saw the woman in the bathrobe walking a pet pig! Oh how i couldn't believe my eyes! My Buyer hurried to the front door and his mouth dropped open. He couldn't believe it. We laughed, but the Buyer didn't. Thoughts immediately started flying through his head about the type on condo complex he was buying into. If they allow pigs...........what else could they possibly allow? He stated that he was going to pull out! That's it, he's had enough!

After talking my Buyer down off the ledge, I convinced him to wait for the condo docs before pulling out of the deal. He was in agreement, but still not pleased about the pig. What an unusual pet for a condo.

The condo docs arrived a week later and interestingly enough, there is a "no dog" clause, but it does specify that you can have 2 pets per unit. So I guess the pig counts as one of those "pets". I am sure a tiger would also...