But, Prospective Buyers Have to Be Told So, how does a Seller avoid spending thousands on replacing old, damaged, or simply ugly window treatments? If the home is vacant**, by removing them. Step #2: on the Minnesota Seller Disclosure, checking the “NA” box where the form asks if the home includes window treatments, and if...Read More
Also Wrong: EE-Deen′-ah Realty “All Politics is Local.” –House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill Like politics, all real estate advertising is local, too (at least for individual agents if not brokers). In other words, there’s not much reason for a Twin Cities Realtor to market their services to consumers in Denver or Atlanta or Boston (note: Realtors do...Read More
“Substantially the Same Condition” & The Golden Rule ‘I know it when I see it.’ –Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, on the legal definition of what constitutes pornography. “Buyer has the right to a walk-through review of the property prior to closing to establish that the property is in substantially the same condition as of the...Read More
Enabling(?) Non-Committal Buyers (aka “Fence-Sitters”) One of the things that invariably happens in the course of representing a Seller is the Listing agent gets a request from a Buyer’s agent to “be kept in the loop.” Translation: ‘let me know if someone else is about to buy the home, so my client at least knows...Read More
Multiple Interested Parties If you’re not in real estate — or buying or selling a home this Spring — this Thursday (June 30) is probably just the day before the day before the 4th of July holiday weekend (Y-a-y-y-y!!). However, if you are in real estate (agent, broker, or especially title company) . . . ...Read More
English, Please! To be fair to the listing agent (representing the Seller), the sentence above was in the “Agent Remarks” field on MLS, not the “Public Remarks” section. But, for the benefit of Buyers whose agents print out the unabridged, “Agent Full” report (I do for my clients), here’s the translation: “This 1925 Linden Hills...Read More
