Imagine this whole ordeal playing out on a house that was not listed for sale.
The buyer starts harassing the homeowner to sell to them, they say no, so he buys up the mortgage lender and tries to force a sale. His antics are hurting the home's value so you relent to selling and give him an as-is sale contract, which he signs and gives you 24 hrs to respond or he will try to force a sale.
All the while, this is of course taking your attention away from your day job and costing you countless thousands in legal bills.
Then, soon after signing the contract, the housing market crashes and the buyer claims he peaked in the window and it doesn't look as nice as he imagined (even though he had previously been publicly announcing that your house was crappy on the inside and that he was going to buy it and fix it up) and so he wants to break the deal.
You sue to make the deal go through, he countersues that you misrepresented.
Who could possibly be on the side of the buyer?
The buyer starts harassing the homeowner to sell to them, they say no, so he buys up the mortgage lender and tries to force a sale. His antics are hurting the home's value so you relent to selling and give him an as-is sale contract, which he signs and gives you 24 hrs to respond or he will try to force a sale.
All the while, this is of course taking your attention away from your day job and costing you countless thousands in legal bills.
Then, soon after signing the contract, the housing market crashes and the buyer claims he peaked in the window and it doesn't look as nice as he imagined (even though he had previously been publicly announcing that your house was crappy on the inside and that he was going to buy it and fix it up) and so he wants to break the deal.
You sue to make the deal go through, he countersues that you misrepresented.
Who could possibly be on the side of the buyer?