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Wait! Is THAT Personal Property?
Keep in mind that I practice in Virginia. Your state rules about Personal Property, as it relates to home sales, may vary.
I recently sold a townhouse. The day before closing, I got a note from the buyer's agent saying that the powder room mirror had been removed and they hoped it was moved for cleaning but they wanted confirmation that it would be replaced before settlement. I contacted my sellers, who had already moved out of state and they said they brought it with them because it was personal property that belonged to them and would work in their new house. When I asked why they didn't take the other bathroom mirrors, they said they had no use for them so they left them behind. As you can imagine, this set off 24 hours of stress for me the listing agent and the buyers agent, but in the end the seller was right. The mirror was hanging by a picture hook which made it personal property. The settlement went on as scheduled.
This happened one other time in my career when a seller removed a tool bench. Again, it was a seller who had moved out of state prior to closing (something ... more

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