Just last week I was working on a purchase agreement review that was written by a newer local Realtor. The buyers had contacted me to review the agreement, title work, and condominium documents prior to closing. The buyers are first time home buyers and moving in from out of state. While reviewing the purchase agreement I saw that nothing had been included in the "Inclusions" section of our local contract despite that the kitchen appliances and washer/dryer had been listed on the MLS listing ticket. A real estate expert, Bob Bruss discusses a similar concern in this article.
In our case, that may indicate to me that the items were not included in the sale, only offered, but not accepted or requested. In questioning the buyers they of course did want the items included. So with I'm sure a sheepish approach the buyer's agent contacted the listing agent, made the request and wrote an addendum to include them. The sellers were not concerned since they had intended to leave them anyway. However, this could have been all to much of a bad issue at closing or in the hours before if the appliances were gone and each party thought they were correct in what they had wanted. On February 3rd, in this blog article I touched on the importance of a pre-closing walk through and this just outlines one major need for it exactly.
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