Disclose, Disclose, Disclose....Honesty, Honesty, Honesty
i could not have said this better myself!
"What should I put on the disclosures?"
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING
The dog next door who likes to eat your roses and poop on your lawn. The water hydrant across the street that blows every few years. The leak under your sink and the plugged gas pipe. The green pick up truck that parks in front of your house every Saturday. The "ghost" in the attic. EVERYTHING!!!
Fear prevents honesty! Honesty breeds trust!
Which is worst? Not closing with a buyer afraid of the dog next door? or a lawsuit 3 years later for non-disclosure? And I'm not talking about the fear of being caught or held accountable. It's the law....you must disclose everything you know.
As an agent, I sit with my sellers and we discuss the disclosures in great detail....we try and remember if there was a leaky faucet, or a sprinkler head that gets too much pressure. I suppose my disclosures read like a disaster home....but they are normal items that happen in a home that is lived in and used, the disclosures that reveal NOTHING are the ones which raise the red flag to me.
Be honest and disclose quickly, if this is not the right fit for both buyer and seller....move on!
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