I am a Maryland resident. The buyer for my home signed a contract to purchase at a set price ($450,000). However, when it was appraised for $420,000, the buyer said he would no longer complete the transaction even though the original contract was not contingent on the lender/bank appraisal because he only needed to obtain a mortgage for $150,000 of the purchase price. Still, he backed out of the contract, claiming that his "financial advisor" advised that he back out unless we amended the purchase price to $420,000.. The financial advisor works for Merrill Lynch I believe. I know we can bring a breach of contract action against the buyer, but I would like to know whether we can bring a "tortious interference with contractual relations" suit against this financial advisor as well?