I agree. From the bark, multiple trunks, the flowers, and overall habit, it looks like a cherry plum/Prunus cerasifera, not a cherry.
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Rootstocks are generally either the same type of fruit (ie cherry) or a related type (certain plum, plum hybrid, etc). In some situations, fruit is grown “on the same roots”. This is when it was propagated as a cutting (stick a stick in the dirt and see if it grows roots- often a very low success rate). I think some bush cherry are grown this way, but most trees use a rootstock from a different cherry (or some other kind of stone-fruit like plums).
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You could leave the tree. Put a bump-out in the wall. If the buyers don’t want the tree, they can remove it.
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Another placeholder post from me.
To northwoodswis4, what is a bump-out? And what is it made of?
One thing that has not been pointed out is that this tree is not worth saving. Its multiple trunks, if they keep on growing, will become hazardous because they all lean outward and won’t get much, if any support from the side facing inward. The inner area is likely to be rotten, and that rot will spread outward. This tree will only get worse with more growth.
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By bump out. I mean put a little jog in the wall.
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