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Whoa, you are making alot of accusations and could be jumping to conclusions. First things first, is the seller required to fill out the sellers disclosures? Has the seller ever lived in the property and does the seller have the first hand knowledge of the issues with the property? I ask this because I have sold MANY properties that the seller has never seen, never been to, and knew nothing about the property because they bought from out of state as an investment. Typically a short sale is sold AS-IS and that really means that you as a buyer should verify everything that is important to you and that you should perform any and all inspections that are necessary to make sure that the house meets your needs. If then the property does not meet your needs, you should have an inspection contingency to protect you.
From Chase's standpoint, the could not care less if the seller disclosed anything to you and counteroffering their approved amount will most likely drag this out more or kill the deal. Even though it was not sold AS-IS and even if you did not agree to AS-IS, Chase will not make any repairs to the home for you and most likely the seller does not have the means to do it so essentially it is AS-IS and your agent should have told you that from the beginning.
You made a low ball offer so why would anyone fix the house for you if you are trying to buy it with a low ball offer, maybe your offer is actually market value now that you know the repairs that it needs. Fair market value is what it takes 99.9% of the time or something very close to FMV.
With ALL due respect, I does not appear that anyone has educated you on how to buy a short sale and how the process really works. You found the right place right here at short sale superstars. ASK AWAY and we will help you through this.
Again, I post this information with all due respect to you so please don't think that I am being arguementative in any way.
Jeff, I am not offended. I realize that in a short sale, we are buying the house as is. I have been reading this forum for about three months and am selling my house as a short sale right now. It is my understanding that the seller is supposed to fill out and sign the seller's disclosure which is a statement of everything that he knows that is wrong with property. If the agent knows major things that are wrong and not listed, I thought he was supposed to disclose them and/or get an updated disclosure. This is to avoid the exact situation that we are in. In normal sales, we would negotiate with this info. I have bought and sold a few properties...as far as I know this is standard for residential real estate. We do have an inspection contingency. We were waiting to invest in inspections after we heard back from the bank on the approval. The electricity is turned off now, so that will be part of the process. I don't want to kill the deal or drag it out...which is why I am writing on this forum. If I told you more of the practices of the listing agent, I think you would understand why I believe he completed and signed the disclosure.
I guess what you are saying is there is nothing we can do...and yes, the value is probably right where our offer is.
Jeff Payne said:Whoa, you are making alot of accusations and could be jumping to conclusions. First things first, is the seller required to fill out the sellers disclosures? Has the seller ever lived in the property and does the seller have the first hand knowledge of the issues with the property? I ask this because I have sold MANY properties that the seller has never seen, never been to, and knew nothing about the property because they bought from out of state as an investment. Typically a short sale is sold AS-IS and that really means that you as a buyer should verify everything that is important to you and that you should perform any and all inspections that are necessary to make sure that the house meets your needs. If then the property does not meet your needs, you should have an inspection contingency to protect you.
From Chase's standpoint, the could not care less if the seller disclosed anything to you and counteroffering their approved amount will most likely drag this out more or kill the deal. Even though it was not sold AS-IS and even if you did not agree to AS-IS, Chase will not make any repairs to the home for you and most likely the seller does not have the means to do it so essentially it is AS-IS and your agent should have told you that from the beginning.
You made a low ball offer so why would anyone fix the house for you if you are trying to buy it with a low ball offer, maybe your offer is actually market value now that you know the repairs that it needs. Fair market value is what it takes 99.9% of the time or something very close to FMV.
With ALL due respect, I does not appear that anyone has educated you on how to buy a short sale and how the process really works. You found the right place right here at short sale superstars. ASK AWAY and we will help you through this.
Again, I post this information with all due respect to you so please don't think that I am being arguementative in any way.
Jeff, I am not offended. I realize that in a short sale, we are buying the house as is. I have been reading this forum for about three months and am selling my house as a short sale right now. It is my understanding that the seller is supposed to fill out and sign the seller's disclosure which is a statement of everything that he knows that is wrong with property. If the agent knows major things that are wrong and not listed, I thought he was supposed to disclose them and/or get an updated disclosure. This is to avoid the exact situation that we are in. In normal sales, we would negotiate with this info. I have bought and sold a few properties...as far as I know this is standard for residential real estate. We do have an inspection contingency. We were waiting to invest in inspections after we heard back from the bank on the approval. The electricity is turned off now, so that will be part of the process. I don't want to kill the deal or drag it out...which is why I am writing on this forum. If I told you more of the practices of the listing agent, I think you would understand why I believe he completed and signed the disclosure.
I guess what you are saying is there is nothing we can do...and yes, the value is probably right where our offer is.
Jeff Payne said:Whoa, you are making alot of accusations and could be jumping to conclusions. First things first, is the seller required to fill out the sellers disclosures? Has the seller ever lived in the property and does the seller have the first hand knowledge of the issues with the property? I ask this because I have sold MANY properties that the seller has never seen, never been to, and knew nothing about the property because they bought from out of state as an investment. Typically a short sale is sold AS-IS and that really means that you as a buyer should verify everything that is important to you and that you should perform any and all inspections that are necessary to make sure that the house meets your needs. If then the property does not meet your needs, you should have an inspection contingency to protect you.
From Chase's standpoint, the could not care less if the seller disclosed anything to you and counteroffering their approved amount will most likely drag this out more or kill the deal. Even though it was not sold AS-IS and even if you did not agree to AS-IS, Chase will not make any repairs to the home for you and most likely the seller does not have the means to do it so essentially it is AS-IS and your agent should have told you that from the beginning.
You made a low ball offer so why would anyone fix the house for you if you are trying to buy it with a low ball offer, maybe your offer is actually market value now that you know the repairs that it needs. Fair market value is what it takes 99.9% of the time or something very close to FMV.
With ALL due respect, I does not appear that anyone has educated you on how to buy a short sale and how the process really works. You found the right place right here at short sale superstars. ASK AWAY and we will help you through this.
Again, I post this information with all due respect to you so please don't think that I am being arguementative in any way.
Jeff, I am not offended. I realize that in a short sale, we are buying the house as is. I have been reading this forum for about three months and am selling my house as a short sale right now. It is my understanding that the seller is supposed to fill out and sign the seller's disclosure which is a statement of everything that he knows that is wrong with property. If the agent knows major things that are wrong and not listed, I thought he was supposed to disclose them and/or get an updated disclosure. This is to avoid the exact situation that we are in. In normal sales, we would negotiate with this info. I have bought and sold a few properties...as far as I know this is standard for residential real estate. We do have an inspection contingency. We were waiting to invest in inspections after we heard back from the bank on the approval. The electricity is turned off now, so that will be part of the process. I don't want to kill the deal or drag it out...which is why I am writing on this forum. If I told you more of the practices of the listing agent, I think you would understand why I believe he completed and signed the disclosure.
I guess what you are saying is there is nothing we can do...and yes, the value is probably right where our offer is.
Jeff Payne said:Whoa, you are making alot of accusations and could be jumping to conclusions. First things first, is the seller required to fill out the sellers disclosures? Has the seller ever lived in the property and does the seller have the first hand knowledge of the issues with the property? I ask this because I have sold MANY properties that the seller has never seen, never been to, and knew nothing about the property because they bought from out of state as an investment. Typically a short sale is sold AS-IS and that really means that you as a buyer should verify everything that is important to you and that you should perform any and all inspections that are necessary to make sure that the house meets your needs. If then the property does not meet your needs, you should have an inspection contingency to protect you.
From Chase's standpoint, the could not care less if the seller disclosed anything to you and counteroffering their approved amount will most likely drag this out more or kill the deal. Even though it was not sold AS-IS and even if you did not agree to AS-IS, Chase will not make any repairs to the home for you and most likely the seller does not have the means to do it so essentially it is AS-IS and your agent should have told you that from the beginning.
You made a low ball offer so why would anyone fix the house for you if you are trying to buy it with a low ball offer, maybe your offer is actually market value now that you know the repairs that it needs. Fair market value is what it takes 99.9% of the time or something very close to FMV.
With ALL due respect, I does not appear that anyone has educated you on how to buy a short sale and how the process really works. You found the right place right here at short sale superstars. ASK AWAY and we will help you through this.
Again, I post this information with all due respect to you so please don't think that I am being arguementative in any way.
Laura where in the world is your agent? Forgive me for saying but it really sounds to me like you aren't receiving adequate education. Thank goodness you posted on Short Sale Superstars before you find yourself in a world of trouble. Please be open minded and listen to what these professionals are saying.
Oh, one other thing. Seller's are required to disclose any problems they know of pertaining to the property. If it has been rented, the seller may not have had any knowledge of heating and air issues. The listing agent may not have either, and may have assumed there was a problem if the renter was using a wood stove to heat with. I personally use a wood burning fireplace just to cut down on heating costs.
Laura Rencher said:Jeff, I am not offended. I realize that in a short sale, we are buying the house as is. I have been reading this forum for about three months and am selling my house as a short sale right now. It is my understanding that the seller is supposed to fill out and sign the seller's disclosure which is a statement of everything that he knows that is wrong with property. If the agent knows major things that are wrong and not listed, I thought he was supposed to disclose them and/or get an updated disclosure. This is to avoid the exact situation that we are in. In normal sales, we would negotiate with this info. I have bought and sold a few properties...as far as I know this is standard for residential real estate. We do have an inspection contingency. We were waiting to invest in inspections after we heard back from the bank on the approval. The electricity is turned off now, so that will be part of the process. I don't want to kill the deal or drag it out...which is why I am writing on this forum. If I told you more of the practices of the listing agent, I think you would understand why I believe he completed and signed the disclosure.
I guess what you are saying is there is nothing we can do...and yes, the value is probably right where our offer is.
Jeff Payne said:Whoa, you are making alot of accusations and could be jumping to conclusions. First things first, is the seller required to fill out the sellers disclosures? Has the seller ever lived in the property and does the seller have the first hand knowledge of the issues with the property? I ask this because I have sold MANY properties that the seller has never seen, never been to, and knew nothing about the property because they bought from out of state as an investment. Typically a short sale is sold AS-IS and that really means that you as a buyer should verify everything that is important to you and that you should perform any and all inspections that are necessary to make sure that the house meets your needs. If then the property does not meet your needs, you should have an inspection contingency to protect you.
From Chase's standpoint, the could not care less if the seller disclosed anything to you and counteroffering their approved amount will most likely drag this out more or kill the deal. Even though it was not sold AS-IS and even if you did not agree to AS-IS, Chase will not make any repairs to the home for you and most likely the seller does not have the means to do it so essentially it is AS-IS and your agent should have told you that from the beginning.
You made a low ball offer so why would anyone fix the house for you if you are trying to buy it with a low ball offer, maybe your offer is actually market value now that you know the repairs that it needs. Fair market value is what it takes 99.9% of the time or something very close to FMV.
With ALL due respect, I does not appear that anyone has educated you on how to buy a short sale and how the process really works. You found the right place right here at short sale superstars. ASK AWAY and we will help you through this.
Again, I post this information with all due respect to you so please don't think that I am being arguementative in any way.
Laura, again I think that you are assuming many things, you are assuming that the listing agent knows first hand of problems with the house that should be disclosed and that the seller knows of these problems too. I do not believe that they are required to fill out the sellers disclosures however they are required to disclose any KNOWN defects that materially affect the value of the property.
Quick question, how do you intend to sell your home as a short sale and buy another right away? Just curious.
Laura Rencher said:Jeff, I am not offended. I realize that in a short sale, we are buying the house as is. I have been reading this forum for about three months and am selling my house as a short sale right now. It is my understanding that the seller is supposed to fill out and sign the seller's disclosure which is a statement of everything that he knows that is wrong with property. If the agent knows major things that are wrong and not listed, I thought he was supposed to disclose them and/or get an updated disclosure. This is to avoid the exact situation that we are in. In normal sales, we would negotiate with this info. I have bought and sold a few properties...as far as I know this is standard for residential real estate. We do have an inspection contingency. We were waiting to invest in inspections after we heard back from the bank on the approval. The electricity is turned off now, so that will be part of the process. I don't want to kill the deal or drag it out...which is why I am writing on this forum. If I told you more of the practices of the listing agent, I think you would understand why I believe he completed and signed the disclosure.
I guess what you are saying is there is nothing we can do...and yes, the value is probably right where our offer is.
Jeff Payne said:Whoa, you are making alot of accusations and could be jumping to conclusions. First things first, is the seller required to fill out the sellers disclosures? Has the seller ever lived in the property and does the seller have the first hand knowledge of the issues with the property? I ask this because I have sold MANY properties that the seller has never seen, never been to, and knew nothing about the property because they bought from out of state as an investment. Typically a short sale is sold AS-IS and that really means that you as a buyer should verify everything that is important to you and that you should perform any and all inspections that are necessary to make sure that the house meets your needs. If then the property does not meet your needs, you should have an inspection contingency to protect you.
From Chase's standpoint, the could not care less if the seller disclosed anything to you and counteroffering their approved amount will most likely drag this out more or kill the deal. Even though it was not sold AS-IS and even if you did not agree to AS-IS, Chase will not make any repairs to the home for you and most likely the seller does not have the means to do it so essentially it is AS-IS and your agent should have told you that from the beginning.
You made a low ball offer so why would anyone fix the house for you if you are trying to buy it with a low ball offer, maybe your offer is actually market value now that you know the repairs that it needs. Fair market value is what it takes 99.9% of the time or something very close to FMV.
With ALL due respect, I does not appear that anyone has educated you on how to buy a short sale and how the process really works. You found the right place right here at short sale superstars. ASK AWAY and we will help you through this.
Again, I post this information with all due respect to you so please don't think that I am being arguementative in any way.
Jeff, If you read my initial post, you will see that how I found out about the problems is that the listing agent sent the list in his letter to the bank's negotiator and forwarded it to my agent.
We have gone in great detail to disclose the problems with our property to the potential buyers so that this situation does not happen.
Regarding buying and selling a short sale, We are not "buying and bailing" and I don't believe we are committing fraud....Please ask a few questions before saying something like that...
My father is actually buying the new property and renting it to us.
Our monthly payment will be cut in half. We are extremely thankful that he is willing to help us out as our current property has been very expensive to repair and maintain and we are financially in tremendous amounts of debt, our credit is shot, and we certainly have no down payment.
Jeff Payne said:Laura, again I think that you are assuming many things, you are assuming that the listing agent knows first hand of problems with the house that should be disclosed and that the seller knows of these problems too. I do not believe that they are required to fill out the sellers disclosures however they are required to disclose any KNOWN defects that materially affect the value of the property.
Quick question, how do you intend to sell your home as a short sale and buy another right away? Just curious.
Laura Rencher said:Jeff, I am not offended. I realize that in a short sale, we are buying the house as is. I have been reading this forum for about three months and am selling my house as a short sale right now. It is my understanding that the seller is supposed to fill out and sign the seller's disclosure which is a statement of everything that he knows that is wrong with property. If the agent knows major things that are wrong and not listed, I thought he was supposed to disclose them and/or get an updated disclosure. This is to avoid the exact situation that we are in. In normal sales, we would negotiate with this info. I have bought and sold a few properties...as far as I know this is standard for residential real estate. We do have an inspection contingency. We were waiting to invest in inspections after we heard back from the bank on the approval. The electricity is turned off now, so that will be part of the process. I don't want to kill the deal or drag it out...which is why I am writing on this forum. If I told you more of the practices of the listing agent, I think you would understand why I believe he completed and signed the disclosure.
I guess what you are saying is there is nothing we can do...and yes, the value is probably right where our offer is.
Jeff Payne said:Whoa, you are making alot of accusations and could be jumping to conclusions. First things first, is the seller required to fill out the sellers disclosures? Has the seller ever lived in the property and does the seller have the first hand knowledge of the issues with the property? I ask this because I have sold MANY properties that the seller has never seen, never been to, and knew nothing about the property because they bought from out of state as an investment. Typically a short sale is sold AS-IS and that really means that you as a buyer should verify everything that is important to you and that you should perform any and all inspections that are necessary to make sure that the house meets your needs. If then the property does not meet your needs, you should have an inspection contingency to protect you.
From Chase's standpoint, the could not care less if the seller disclosed anything to you and counteroffering their approved amount will most likely drag this out more or kill the deal. Even though it was not sold AS-IS and even if you did not agree to AS-IS, Chase will not make any repairs to the home for you and most likely the seller does not have the means to do it so essentially it is AS-IS and your agent should have told you that from the beginning.
You made a low ball offer so why would anyone fix the house for you if you are trying to buy it with a low ball offer, maybe your offer is actually market value now that you know the repairs that it needs. Fair market value is what it takes 99.9% of the time or something very close to FMV.
With ALL due respect, I does not appear that anyone has educated you on how to buy a short sale and how the process really works. You found the right place right here at short sale superstars. ASK AWAY and we will help you through this.
Again, I post this information with all due respect to you so please don't think that I am being arguementative in any way.
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