No, it's a free country. You can rent or buy a house from anyone who's willing to buy or sell to you. In the case of the latter, the seller is pretty much obligated to sell to the first person who shows up with the asking price.
In the case of the latter, the seller is pretty much obligated to sell to the first person who shows up with the asking price.
You lost me with "obligated."
You call it "a free country" in one sentence and then in your second sentence you say that the seller is "pretty much obligated to sell to the first person who shows up with the asking price".
That's a contradiction.