repairs: Why Hasn't My House Sold Update - 05/29/12 11:05 PM
These sellers walked away from the sale of their home the day before closing over repairing a GFI problem. They had already moved from the area and bought a new home. I pointed out to them repairing this was probably going to be much less than their monthly payment and in this market, qualified buyers are hard to come by to no avail. I also pointed out that it was going to come up again with another offer if they did a home inspection and that almost all buyers do. They still refused to make the repairs. Needless to say, we … (0 comments)

repairs: Why Hasn't My House Sold??? - 04/02/12 10:29 PM
Why hasn't your house sold? I brought a reasonable offer from a qualified buyer and you accepted it. The buyers had a home inspection done that turned up several potential problems which you agreed to address. Then on the day before closing, the buyers do a walk through and discover the problem with the GIF outlets in the bath had not been fixed. These are usually very minor repairs and much less than your monthly payment. The buyers were willing to go ahead and close but they wanted something in writing that the problem was going to be taken care of. Even though you … (2 comments)