[Homestead] Real Estate Question

Rob becida at comcast.net
Sat Sep 30 00:59:45 EDT 2006


Keep in mind the seller hired the real estate agent to sell his land 
& the real estate agent gets paid by a percent of the price. I don't 
think you should be worried about taking the sellers time, after all 
he is trying to sell the land. Answering questions of a buyer is part 
of the job.

When we bought this place we 'hired' a real estate agent, we 
explained what we had ($) and what we needed. She got us in to see 
the houses we wanted to see and handled the paperwork when we made an 
offer. She was paid by part of the sale price too, it took nothing 
extra ($) on our part.

Hope this helps.

Rob
becida at comcast.net



At  9/29/2006 08:47 PM,Bill Jones wrote:
>The attorney is starting to sound like a good idea.  For one thing, I've
>been told that realtors don't like to share their commission.  I've even
>heard that there will be quite a stink made if I spend lots of time at
>the seller's realtor's office asking questions, and then show up at the
>last minute with an independent agent to purchase the property.  So now
>I'm reluctant even to call up and ask a question.  So I thought I'd ask
>you guys.  Apparently then, with an attorney I'm informed, plus there's
>no bickering over who gets the commission, so I don't need to fear
>asking questions of the seller's realtor, the person most eager to help.
>
>Bill
>S. Oregon coast
>
>Clansgian at wmconnect.com wrote:
>
> >Bill,
> >
> >As Lynda suggested, your best bet when things get serious is to 
> engage a real
> >estate attorney to look after your interests.  You can do price 
> dickering and
> >such yourself.  :You are going to use an attorney eventually anyway, if you
> >are safe.
> >
> >Look into zoning laws, but far more important is deed restrictions.  The
> >restrictions might not be specifically listed on your deed nor any of its
> >predecessors to be valid.  That's where the deed search and the 
> attorney come in.
> >Things like not living in a camper on the land or not living there 
> until there is
> >a developed water source sound more like deed restrictions than zoning.
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