 like it like it was a earnest money deposit okay and you can do this properly and above board or you can just not show it now if you buy it and you record the deed at the lower price to your other question it has not it does not affect the value of the property whatsoever if you buy a half a million dollar house for 350 000 it does not make the half million dollar house worth 350 it makes it worth 500 because it was already worth 500. the house is not