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An Opinion Regarding Sellers Purchasing Home Warranties

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An Opinion Regarding Sellers Purchasing Home Warranties

 

To all sellers out there.  Please always have a home warranty for your buyers.  But most importantly for you; peace of mind is priceless savings, so I thought. 

 

My story is not new and unfortunately all too common.  Anytime I am working with a seller I always recommend them to purchase a home warranty.  It is very common for most agents to make this recommendation so I am no one special. 

 

However, I assisted another agent whose clients choose not to take the advice of purchasing a home warranty when selling their property.  That seller ended up purchasing a water heater shortly before closing; at the cost of $1200.00 instead of paying about $100.00 for a trade call fee. 

 

Because they were not my client I was unable to say anything to them.  I wanted to tell the clients of the other agent “I know you don’t want to spend any more money but a service call fee beats the cost of replacing the appliance any day”.  Sometimes you are not able to say anything.  We are natural risk takers.  The higher the stakes the greater the pay off if we win.  The down side if we lose the loss is great too. 

luck Sellers are you felling lucky?

 

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Yvonne Van Camp REALTOR
To Buy and Sell Real Estate, see me at Southwest Missouri Realty - Springfield, MO
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I believe wholeheartly in the Home Warranty.   People don't know the value until they are faced with the expense.  

Oct 11, 2011 01:02 PM
Misstie Pollard
Realtor and Title Settlement Agent - McLean, VA
Answering Northern VA Real Estate Questions.

Thanks for the comment Yvonne.

Oct 11, 2011 01:05 PM
Colin Call
RE/MAX Integrity - Eugene, OR
Principal Broker

Hi Misstie,  Thanks for the blog. I agree that warranties are so important. I get one provided on 95% of my listings. And they have more than paid for themselves.

Oct 11, 2011 01:10 PM
Misstie Pollard
Realtor and Title Settlement Agent - McLean, VA
Answering Northern VA Real Estate Questions.

Thanks for the comment Colin.

Oct 12, 2011 03:00 AM