Have my property on the market and a buyer did not go through with the settlement and I got to keep the earnest money. Realtor just emailed me and said he had a full amount offer but the settlement will have to wait until April 2016 or later. That means I put the sale on hold for 4+ months. Should I do it? This new offer came in only after the prior settlement failed on 14 Dec 2015. The original offer was down 8k below sale price, this is for the full sale price. If I do this, I would want a very nice earnest money deposit.