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Ellie and Joe sat at the kitchen table, examining their home inspection report. They had spent five hundred dollars to learn that their 1950s starter home was filled with asbestos in the siding, black mold in the basement, and lead paint along the windowsills. The potential buyer, who had been intending to pay cash outright, had immediately withdrawn her offer upon receipt of the report, and the couple now faced the looming prospect of starting over. They had already purchased their next home, and their bank account was hemorrhaging thousands of dollars each month while supporting a double mortgage.
Ellie glanced up from the report. “We have to sell this house, Joe. Quickly.”
“After an inspection like this? I’m not sure we should sell this house to another family. What if they have kids? I mean, doesn’t asbestos cause cancer?”
“I understand,” Ellie said. “But we won’t have a house in three months at this rate. We’ll have to foreclose on the mountain property. What are
