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Do You Walk It?

Sellers scurry to pack and take care of negotiated repairs.  Buyers are busy packing and finishing up last minute mortgage details.  The end of a transaction nears.
As a buyer's representative, it becomes hectic also towards the last days of a transaction.  Many critical time frame dates to make sure has been completed to meet contract terms.  Balls from all sides are being juggled. 
The sellers have completed required and agreed repairs.  Receipts have been given to the buyer's agent as proof of completion.  Is the next step and one of the most critical steps missed as we head for closing?  The buyer's walk through and acceptance of property.
When the buyer says ... I feel just fine about the repairs and don't have time to make a walk through before close then red flags should be waived.  I have often had no walk throughs prior to close and this just puzzles me.  Even if the sellers are still in the midst of packing and moving this should be done.  Ideally the walk through takes place after the home is vacated, clean and ready to be conveyed.  But sometimes that just cannot be achieved.
The WHY of a Buyer's Walk Through:
Gives the buyer a chance to personally see that ... more

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