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I'm from a small town in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Real-estate is generally cheaper up here than a lot of areas. I've recently put an offer in on a 2,300sqft quad-level on the edge of town in a nice neighborhood. Originally the owner was asking 169k which seems fairly normal for this area. It's a big, nice house. The owner was renting it out which in my opinion was why it stayed on the market as long as it did. The tenants were making it difficult to show and also had a grow room in the garage so potential buyers couldn't have access to the garage. Eventually the price dropped to 159k. My wife and I put in an offer of 130k and it was accepted without a counter. The tenants took the dishwasher when moving out and broke the glass on the stove so the owner then took another $1500 off the price to replace the appliances. The house also has a 30 year old boiler so that would obviously need to be replaced before next winter. My question is should I push the boiler issue and try to get even more off the asking price or should I consider myself lucky I'm paying $128,500 for a 169k house in this market?

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