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In Research Mode...Holding Ourselves to the Higher Standard

Buyers may not realize it, but Sellers do not have a duty to disclose material facts about their property…however, REALTORS do. At least they have a duty to disclose material facts that they know about or might be expected to know about.
That means research. There is probably a huge segment of the population who believe that REALTORS write up Listing Agreements all willy-nilly, take a few lousy photographs, put a sign in the yard and wait for the phone to ring. Sure, we all know there are some REALTORS who do business that way, but not at MoonDancer Realty. For one, the Office Manager would never stand for it and for the other…we just aren’t built that way.
Again, I say…that means research. We’re getting ready to list a couple of properties that the Sellers honestly don’t know much about and that happens a lot. The North Carolina Real Estate Commission however, is of the opinion that the public has a reasonable expectation that licensed agents should make an attempt to research things having to do with zoning, water sources, sewage sources, rough idea of property lines and general condition issues among other things.
So, today we are in ... more

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