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Dopes in DC

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with UNcommon Homes

What a bunch of DC dopes.  Tax cuts, spending increase, printing money, borrowing from China.  Until the DC dopes learn fiscal restraint neither the Real Estate or emplyment markets will improve.

Call your legislators an tell the stop spending.

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You’ve sold the home.  You got the price your sellers wanted.  Now what?  The appraiser calls, don’t panic, you’re prepared – or are you?

Here are a few tips for you to assist the appraiser and ensure a smooth path to closing.

Make every effort to be available to the appraiser for the requested inspection date or make sure he has convenient access.

If you attend the inspection do not distract the appraiser during the inspection.

Advise the appraiser of all the homes, you, your office and competitors have sold in the neighborhood.  Let him know YOU are the expert in the neighborhood [even if your not].

Appraisers want statistics and FACTS regarding values, amenities, neighborhood and market area data.  Provide a highlight sheet of all pertinent patent and latent information about the house, i.e. furnace updated, roof replaced, electric upgraded etc…

Provide the sales contract with all addenda and agreements.  Appraisers must consider ALL value-influencing factors.  Undisclosed terms or conditions could adversely influence the reliability of the appraisal report.

Provide a copy of the current deed.  The appraiser needs to know the exact legal description, how title is held and any encumbrances, restrictions, covenants and easements that may affect value.

Providing a site drawing with location and house dimensions is also very useful.  With the site plan, the appraiser can confirm the legal description, lot size, location in or near flood zones and the square footage of the dwelling.

Provide a recent tax bill.  Again, this document will corroborate the legal description, states the annual taxes and occasionally provides the site size.

Provide the appraiser at least three relevant sales – don’t just give him the highest sales you can find.  Remember, he has access to all the data and can corroborate whatever you give him.  If your sales aren’t relevant you lose credibility and the appraiser may not rely on your expertise.  Try to find relevant sales less than 90 days old; you can still supply sales up to six months old.  You should also provide any pending sales and several active listings.  Sold, Pending and Active listings are ALL valuable tools to the experienced appraiser.

Any other information you have floor plans, condominium documents, local developer plans, home inspection reports etc…  all help the appraiser reach accurate conclusions and enhances the opinion of value.

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Jon Quist
REALTY EXECUTIVES ARIZONA TERRITORY - Tucson, AZ
Tucson's BUYERS ONLY Realtor since 1996

I wonder why we can all see the HTML language on this post?

Dec 07, 2010 04:20 PM
Jon Quist
REALTY EXECUTIVES ARIZONA TERRITORY - Tucson, AZ
Tucson's BUYERS ONLY Realtor since 1996

The DC dopes just today held out for continuing the tax cuts initiated by Bush on the top 2% of the taxpayers, adding another $700 Billion to the deficit. This was what the GOP wanted so that's what happened. What happened to the new plan of reducing the deficit? Where did it go so quickly?

Dec 07, 2010 04:23 PM
Carolyn Kolba
Serving Mentor, and all of Lake County, Ohio - Mentor, OH
Keller Williams Realty- Mentor, Ohio

Doggone it.  And here I thought all of the dopes left office in 2006 and 2008 when Bush/Cheney's buddies were thrown out.  Oh well... one can only hope.

Dec 07, 2010 05:19 PM
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