New Agents - If you don't know what mold is please visit this site and become familar with what it looks like.
http://www.inspect-ny.com/sickhouse/mold.htm
Recently I aquired a listing from an out of state seller who had his property listed with another company for over a year without any offers. This home was listed at $292,000.00 and a very beautiful home. The agent who had the listing didn't think to contact her seller about the mold problem going on in the basement or maybe they just was not aware that it could evolve into such a big mess. After a year it has now got in under the baseboards which means it is now into the walls. Which means to do it right you are going to have to go in and replace that section of the wall. Here are just a few pictures:
Always check behind doors, around the baseboards and inside of closets. Mold can start anywhere.
If this had of been caught earlier and was treated and certified the seller wouldn't be looking at a costly expense now.
Also, When showing your property always check those detached garages. This same property has a detached garage. Sometime over the course of the year when the other agent had the listing a water pipe broke and it was never detected. I went in to take pictures of this detached garage and this is what I found.
I sure wasn't happy to have to tell this to the seller. And you can imagine what his feelings were toward the other Realtor. This had to be going on for some time to cause this much damage. This just goes to show that this detached garage was never shown or this problem would have been caught long before all this damage was done.
Protect your reputation and be aware of what is going on with your property listings.
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