http://activerain.com/blogs/dawnrupe en-us http://activerain.com/blogsview/959819/will-utilities-not-be-turned-on-in-the-future-to-do-inspections-for-foreclosures- <p>I had one of our REO Realtors who handles many REO&nbsp;listings in our area state that turning on utilities to foreclosures is going to become a thing of the past.&nbsp; I was told the view of the bank is that your buying the home AS IS, at wholesale, and&nbsp;the bank is not going to&nbsp;do repairs.&nbsp;If the buyer wants the utilities on for inspections they will have to pay to&nbsp;turn them on. &nbsp; Also This REO agent won't&nbsp;turn on gas or water for inspections&nbsp;does that sound right?&nbsp; I was told that if the buyer wanted the water turned on he would have set that up with the water company.&nbsp; My problem with this is if we turn on the utility and damage is done to the house there is no insurance to cover it on the buyer's side.</p> <p>I edited the title because I felt I needed to be more clear.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="agent_signature"> <p><img src="http://activerain.com/image_store/uploads/1/7/5/2/5/ar128595907252571.jpg" height="229" alt="" width="209"></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> Dawn Rupersburg, Full Time Realtor ABR (Coral Shores Realty Inc.) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:13:11 -0800 http://activerain.com/blogsview/959819/will-utilities-not-be-turned-on-in-the-future-to-do-inspections-for-foreclosures-