Purchasing Real Estate

My brother is in the process of buying a condo. It's been quite the process for him...after a week, he still doesn't know if the place will be his or not. The sellers are uneducated about the process of selling, and don't have a very experienced Realtor guiding them. This has caused for a very stressful counter-offering time and has my brother just wanting to know if the place is his or not. Buying a home is never an easy process, but I wish that it would have gone smoother for him the first time. I'm sure everything will work out in the end though, and all this will be well worth it!