Negotiation strategies differ depending on how well the home is priced and who’s on the other side. If you’re trying to buy a short-sale listing where the lender has to agree to accept less than the amount owed, the seller doesn’t have much say in the negotiations about price unless he can contribute money to …
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A Common Situation Explained A situation that arises fairly often when a title company is requested to insure a transaction, is where an Abstract of Judgment has been recorded against the seller, and the seller has subsequently received a discharge of the debt in bankruptcy. Unfortunately, the discharge of the debt itself does not eliminate …
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Q: Knowing that I would be selling my home, I have been following price ranges for comparable properties to my home on a couple of major real estate websites. Now that I am ready to list, all the agents I’ve talked to say that the websites are so out of line that their recommendations are …
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