seller disclosures: Sellers no longer required to provide SSN to Buyers under FIRPTA - 08/03/08 09:42 AM
FIRPTA is the acronym for the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act.
As of August 1, 2008 home sellers are no longer required to provide to home buyers the Seller's Affidavit of Nonforeign Status, which includes the seller's social security numbers.
As a real estate agent I have NEVER provided a seller's social security number to a buyer. My practice has always been to blacken out the social security number before the FIRPTA was released to a buyer as part of the seller disclosures.
Only the protected copy of the FIRPTA was made available to the buyer. If a buyer's agent asked me … (4 comments)

seller disclosures: Condominiums and Request for HOA Documents - 07/19/08 02:28 AM
How do you handle the Request for HOA Documents?
If a seller is seriously committed to selling a condo then it makes perfect sense to request HOA docs at the time the listing is taken - right?
My goal in selling a home is to have everything a buyer needs to make an informed decision to buy a home. By having all the statutory disclosures and seller disclosures completed and available at the time the property is listed on the MLS (or shortly thereafter) it helps to expedite the process.
One reason I was given for not ordering the HOA documents … (18 comments)

seller disclosures: Online Disclosures - 07/18/08 03:48 AM
I'm curious - as a business practice do you post Seller disclosures online?
If so, is this done at the time the property is listed on the MLS?
From your experience - do you find that some agents are opposed to making any disclosures available until a contract is ratified?
I ran across this for the first time this week. I asked the listing agent if the disclosures were completed. The answer was yes. When I asked to see, at a minimum, the TDS and Supplemental Disclosure the response was - "We don't like to do that we want to protect … (14 comments)

 
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Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist

Probate Real Estate Services

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