Sheldon's "SNEAKY SNEAKY SNEAKY!!!" post about title fraud reminded me of a the story of Dr. John Boyle and his estranged wife Noreen. Quotes are from his appeal of his murder conviction (link below.) Buyer asks agent : What's under the basement? "Boyle contacted the realtor and inquired about what was under the basement floor, in case he wanted to make any alterations to the house." Someone murdered … (12 comments)
title: 10 Questions a Buyer Must Ask Before Purchasing A Condominium Unit
- 03/28/10 01:54 AM
Richard Vetstein who wrote this is an attorney in Massachusetts. While he gives examples in the Boston area these questions are applicable and often hard to get answered in our market. I will try to write about our Central Ohio Condomnium questionaire soon. Richard is talking to agents and buyers. His suggestion to real estate agents at the end is interesting and might speed up the answers being provided to condo buyers: "Do not have your buyer put earnest money down until satisfactory answers are received. "
Buying a condominium unit can be more involved than buying a single … (0 comments)
title: Central Ohio Round Table Closings...
- 04/02/09 04:13 AM
by Maureen McCabe Round-table. Rectangular table... usually the closing table is more of an oblong or oval shaped table, that way if there are extra people at the closing you can kind of wedge 'em in where they fit, on the buyers side or the sellers side. The Closing Usually... not always but usually in Central Ohio we all sit around that table, no matter what the shape. The buyers, sellers, real estate agents, attorneys, title company representatives... sometimes a lender or two... sit around a table while the closing documents are signed by buyer and seller. Different parts of … (6 comments)
Possession... when the buyer absolutely positively must have possession of the house to dispose of a body...Truth is stranger than fiction... title fraud was the least of this guys worries.
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