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final inspections: What is an agent supposed to do about Permit issues? An expert's opinion. - 12/14/09 04:40 PM
There is always a question about what does an agent have to do regarding disclosing permit issues.  If you are in a market with older homes,  you can be pretty sure that there is much remodeling been done ..... much of it done WITHOUT a permit.   California and several other states have used their lobbying clout to get a law passed where the agent is not legally required to go off-site to investigate the status of permits.
Agents will argue that they have no responsibility anyway because they are not contractors; how would they know about permits.  If you believe that,  … (1 comments)

final inspections: Big legal risk to agents - Read my blog just before this one - 09/25/08 09:42 AM
Just had an agent comment on my prior blog:   AGENT BEWARE!
She had attended a class where the instructor raised the same issue I had.  But,  his suggestions was for the agent to go to the govenmental agency and put together a package of permits for the buyer:  NO. NO & NO AGAIN.
Several problems with this approach:
You many not get all the permits.  Cities are notorious for being sloppy and in most jurisidictions,  have governmental immunity, meaning they can't be sued for negligence Permits are complicated.  If you are adding a master bedroom,  it is not common to have … (4 comments)

 
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