Today I was supposed to have an inspection on a Fannie Mae owned property. I notified the listing agent on Friday morning that the buyer would like to have the home inspection today (Wednesday). She said she would call the asset management company to have the property de-winterized and the propane on so the utilities would be on in the home. The property is up a canyon on the side of the mountain. It has a well, septic and propane. I followed up with the listing agent on Monday to make sure the utilities would be up and running.
From my home, I have an hour and fifteen minute drive to the property. When I got up to the property, the snow from our two snow falls last week hadn't melted yet. I was hoping our 82 degree temperature yesterday would have put a dent in the snow melt. Fat chance! The snow was up to my knees. I trudged through the snow to the door. The inspector had gotten to the home to do the exterior inspection ahead of time.
I was greeted with bad news. None of the utilities had been turned on. And of course, there is no cell service at the home. The buyer arrived and I explained to her the unfortunate news. She stayed with the inspector inside the very cold house with no heat while I drove the half hour drive down the canyon to call the listing agent.
I was only able to leave a message for the listing agent. In my message, I let her know that we would need to amend the contract to extend the inspection deadline. I then politely told her that the inspector was going to need to be paid a trip charge because he was going to have to return to the property to complete the inspection.
I drove the half hour back up the canyon to explain to the buyer what her options were.
Aren't incompetent asset mangers just a pain in the a$$?
To be continued....(I hope)
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