The Lowering of Standards to the Mostly Ratified Contract

Chtris Ann I hear you loud and clear,  It takes so little time to go back over the contract one last time before sending. It's so easy - come on people - you can do this, really you can!  But of course I'm speaking to the choir on Active Rain.

Chris Ann - excellent and so timely post. It is simply mind boggling that agents, who use the same form again and again, would be missing initials or signatures, and you have to come back again and again.

Usually the forms are simple and there is either the space for initials or for a signature and date. But every time I get Lead-Based Paint disclosure, it is a disaster. The form has space for initials on top, then half way down there are initials provided for the seller and for the Buyer, and then down the page there is a place for a signature and date of the Sellers and Buyers, but there is also the intial of the Listing agent that he explained to the Seller the importance of this imfomation, and then there are also sognatures of the listing and the Selling agent.

never ever saw it filled the way it is supposed to

Chris Ann - I think this is important to all of us. I am sure it is not only here in Florida, and only in Virgiania. "Suggested"

Chris Ann, it is amazing how many offers we get that need more scrutinizing!   If we don't catch it, the underwriter does, and could hold up a closing!   EYES are on it!

Good morning, Chris Ann..... some agents are very sloppy with their work....I think it's because they've not been trained properly..... newly licensed agents are herded into a real estate office and the training is not sufficient....some are not trained at all.... times have changed.

So true!  More often than not, I have to remind the agent on the other side "oh by the way, you need to have your clients inial on page x"  Is "mostly ratified" like being "almost pregnant"?  It either is or it isn't.

As the saying goes " The devils in the details" or maybe it could be said "If you don't have time to to it right the first time, when are you going to find the time to do it over?" I understand your frustration,

Oh, it's one of the most annoying things.  The addendum sent from the listing agent with BLANKS at the top (no buyers name, no sellers names, no contract number, no addendum number).  WHY or WHY can't they complete a document they are sending out for signature?!?  GRRRRRRRRRRR

Ugh.  I hate it when I get contracts that are just so-so filled out.  But my bigger pet peeve is when the agent thinks he is an attorney and puts all kinds of garbage in the additional provisions.  Not a good idea.

Chris Ann -- mostly ratified --- seems a bit like "kinda pregnant" -- either it is or isn't.   The sloppy and haphazard execution of these important documents may become even more common(and more stressful and frustrating) as our markets continue to heat up.   Yikes!

I just went through this too.  Had to send back to LA 3 times before it was "really" ratified.   Call me anal, but it's important.