Real Estate Earnest Money Question

Like most legal questions that get asked on here (and I’m not a real estate lawyer), the answer is it depends. In this case, it depends on the language in the contract that you guys have entered into. Without having seen the contract, I think it is impossible to determine whether or not you can keep their earnest money. That being said, I don’t know real estate law well nor do I know what state you are in.

But the answer almost certainly depends on the contract terms.

Unlike others above, I will not opine on the wisdom or foolishness of walking away from this deal over what appears to me to be a relatively minor inconvenience. Good luck.