Dan and Ellis enter into a real estate sales contract whereby Dan is to purchase Ellis' real estate. Dan wants to finance the sale with a third party conventional loan. No provision was included in the contract to indicate which party was to pay for lender required repairs. According to the real estate sales contract: _________

a. neither party is obligated to pay for the lender required repairs
b. Dan is required to pay for the lender required repairs
c. Ellis is required to pay for the lender required repairs
d. both parties are to share the cost of lender required repairs equally