What are some advantages of selling a home on my own?
I already have an interested buyer. Where do I start as far as paperwork goes? How are closing costs figured? Would I save that much money without a realtor?
What do I need to know about Buying/Selling a home in New Jersey to a relative?
I am buying my parent’s house and we are selling our house to my wife’s brother. I have heard there are some tax exemptions when making a sale to a relative. Also our realtor has said that for 00 they can handle all the paperwork, since they won’t be getting a commission on either sale. Just wondering if the work would be worth 00.
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Can someone who is selling a home legally not accept lower offers?
I am going to buy a new house that was the builder’s model home. The real estate agent we are working with is the builder’s agent and ours, and said she is a ‘transactional broker.’ She said the builder absolutely does not accept lower offers and wouldn’t let us make a lower offer on the asking price, she just wrote up the paperwork with the asking price. Does this sound normal? This will be our first home and the real estate agent knows how much we want the home. We are just slightly clueless and I don’t want to get sucked into a trap since we are just learning what to do.
Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Thank you!
I guess I need to clarify. I didn’t mean "accept" as in — that’s what we would pay. I meant accept as in — making a lower offer. The realtor would not even let us make a lower offer, and that was my question. I was not sure if it was okay for the realtor to say no you can’t even make a lower offer on the house.
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Do you still need a escrow company to do the closing when selling a mobile home?
We’re thinking about selling our mobile home. We just have a title to it. Can we just sell it ourselves or do we need a company to do any kind of paperwork? Thanks
How much do real estate attorney's charge for service in selling home?
Are they involved in the sale or just paperwork? Do you start by FSBO and then the attorney goes from there?
What documents should I receive after selling home?
I just sold a condo. I asked my lawyer when I’ll get the paperwork for the whole sale process and the contract, etc. She says I will not be receiving anything accept the HUD info for the Taxes. Is that true? It doesn’t seem to be correct to me.
In Minneapolis MN in Hennepin County, how do I go about having my ex-husband give up all parental rights?
I live in Hennepin County in Minneapolis Minnesota, my husband left me when I was 9 months pregnant and I’ve been divorced since November of 2007. I have full custody of my 13 month-old son, and in my divorce papers it says that my ex-husband "is awarded the right of reasonable parenting time" with my son. He does not pay child support, has not called, and has not seen my son in 10 months. He wants nothing to do with my son. I’m in a wonderful relationship now and I’m marrying the man who wants to be my child’s father and moving out of state next year, so I went today to get the ‘Motion to Relocate Child’ paperwork. But I was thinking ‘if he’d just give up his parental rights altogether, I wouldn’t have to fill out this paperwork.’ So I want to ask him to give up his parental rights. But I don’t know how to go about doing it or how long it will take. I’m sure he would do it because I know he has to be afraid that they’re about to garnish his check! He needs his Jordan’s! Lol!
What is so hard about selling your home by owner?
I want to sell my home. I don’t want to pay 00+ in commissions. I’ve seen lots of posts and heard often that it isn’t worth the hassle to sell on my own and to just use a real estate agent. I want to know what the hard part/hassle is. Is it the marketing or the paperwork or something else? My wife thinks having an agent is all about getting your listing in the MLS. How big a role does this play?
Selling a home without a real estate agent?
I am selling my home and do not want to use a real estate agent. I know that some people out there will say that I should, but I already have a buyer, we have agreed on a price and don’t feel we should hire an agent so they can take their commission for nothing (already had a agent try to get me to use them for the paperwork). The question I have is does anyone know where I can find the forms that I need to complete the sell in the state of Texas?
Complicated Bankruptcy/Real Estate Question…?
Last July (2007) my boyfriend of 2+ years and I bought a home together in Minnesota. In December, we decided to end the relationship. My ex had a LOT of accounts in collections (it was amazing that we were able to buy the home to begin with) and he was being served with court summons once a week. After we broke up, he decided to declare bankruptcy on all of his credit card debt. I said that I was fine with that, as long as it did not affect the house in any way. We agreed that I would keep the house, and after 6 months he would stop paying half the bills and sign a quit claim form. Because both my ex and his attorney had ASSURED me that the house would not be affected in any way whatsoever…I was not very concerned with this whole situation. I attended the bankruptcy hearing and when they mentioned that the house was included in his bankruptcy, I just about flipped. I thought it wasn’t supposed to be affected at all?
He HAD to claim the house in his bankruptcy because of the type of bankruptcy (Chapter 7)? Again, I was assured that he could just sign the Reaffirmation paperwork and everything would be fine. Except that he did not want to re-obligate himself to the house. We have a written agreement that he will no longer pay for the house…but he didn’t want the bank to be able to come after him for money. I didn’t mind for a while and the bankruptcy was discharged in mid-April. When I called the lendor to find out if my status had been repaired with them, I was informed that I would NEVER have online access to my account and my payments would NEVER be reported to the credit bureaus and my credit score would continue to drop because I have a 0,000 loan on my credit report that I am "not making payments on." Even though I send them a monthly check on the 1st of every month.
So, I finally convinced my ex to sign the reaffirmation to get me out this downward spiral that I have no control over, and upon reading the reaffirmation, we realized that by signing the reaffirmation he is claiming to have enough money to pay for the mortgage…which goes against the Chapter 7 claim of not having any money to pay for anything. So, 1) he’d have to go to court again to reaffirm, and 2) his bankruptcy file could (and probably would) be reopened to be a Chapter 13 re-payment bankruptcy…
Here is my question:
I DID NOT declare bankruptcy…why am I suffering for this? I have NO control over his actions or my credit report apparently…what can I do to fix this situation?
*I know one option is to assume the loan, or refinance the house; but since we used "first time home buyer" and VA benefits in conjunction with this loan…I do not know if I can get the same interest rate, etc… as we have now. Also, neither of us have a few thousand dollars lying around to do this in the first place.*
I need to know what I can do on my own to resolve this situation without him having to go back to court or reopen his file…why does he have to claim he can pay for it, when I am the one who’s name will be on the title and I will be the one making the payments?