Likewise, the sellers agent should also be there to represent
the seller during the home inspection.
Not exact matches
My goal is to reduce the stress involved for buyers and
sellers during the transaction process, so I treat the
home inspection as an educational process.
All too often the
seller of the
home is not even aware of issues that were found
during the
inspection, which now become renegotiation tools to adjust the sale price or to request the
seller to make repairs.
It is customary for the buyer,
seller and real estate agents to be on hand
during a
home inspection to ask questions and follow the process.
The final stumbling block where issues can arise and where the
home seller may decide to back out of the sale is
during the
home inspection phase.
Requested Repairs — Did the
seller agree to fix certain problems identified
during the
home inspection?
If you give a
seller a hard time
during home inspection or have too many contingencies in your offer they will say step aside there are three more
home buyers after you!!
• Prepare documents such as representation contracts, purchase agreements, closing statements, leases, and deeds • Accompany buyers
during visits to and
inspections of property, advising them on the suitability and value of the
homes they are visiting based on current market conditions • Conduct quarterly seminars and training sessions for sales agents to improve sales techniques • Advise
sellers on how to make
homes more appealing to potential buyers increasing average selling prices by 16 % from initial appraisals • Evaluate mortgage options helping clients obtain financing at the best rates and terms
Acted as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and
sellers and accompanied buyers
during visits to and
inspections of property, advised on the suitability and value of the
homes.
«
Seller coverage has been a tremendous benefit
during home inspections, and has endeared AHS to my clients on both sides of the transaction,» explains Lundeen, who knows AHS has her clients» backs due to their
home warranty offerings.
Buyers typically request an
inspection to determine the condition of a
home prior to closing, and what is uncovered
during the examination may force costly repairs upon the
seller, or, in cases of extreme neglect, cause a deal to collapse.
The Buyer can accept the
Seller's pre-list
home inspection report (of course prepared by an expert, not prepared by a REALTOR (r) as some are apparently doing), on the subject property, and run with it, perhaps negotiating parts and pieces of it
during the buying process; or, the Buyer can elect to have his own
home inspection done, by his own chosen expert, relieving the
Seller of that situation — even if it means that then are two
inspections (great for comparing notes to see what if anything got missed).
Usually suggested by your inspector or real estate agent, they typically surface from issues found
during the general
inspection of that
home for sale in Charleston, SC, or that have been provided in the
sellers» disclosure.
During the Real Estate
Inspection Contingency period, the buyer can submit a written list of defects to be corrected by the
home seller prior to closing; or may request an adjustment to the sales price of a
home.
A
home inspection conducted by a potential
home seller prior to listing can help avoid nasty surprises
during negotiations and provide a list of potential upgrades.
Aside from negotiating the offer itself, the most common time
during a transaction when this becomes an issue is when negotiating
home -
inspection repairs, says Ed Kaminsky, an agent with Shorewood, REALTORS ®, in Manhattan Beach, Calif. «Most buyers think the
sellers should fix everything, but most
sellers think they've sold for too low a price and don't want to fix anything,» he says.
Sometimes, the
seller perceives the
inspection as a reflection of their maintenance habits or «they are there to defend each point raised
during the
inspection with the goal of saying their
home has no defects and the issues raised are without basis,» Gross said.
In the current buyer's market, more
home purchasers are demanding
sellers fix a laundry list of items they find
during an
inspection, said Dean Moss of Keller Williams Realty Partners.
I requested Neil Mattson to come back out and inspect the crawl space / foundation under the property I am purchasing as it wasn \» t available for access
during the original
home inspection from the
seller.
If I was a
seller and found that no realtor was present
during the
home inspection I sure would perceive it that way!
As the buyer's agent I do not want the
seller, or the
seller's agent, present
during a
home inspection of any kind, nor at the end when the inspector presents his report to the buyer.