Tag Archives: FSBO

Buyers may need to include a lawyer-review contingency

June 24, 2009 6 Comments

Buying property used to involve a buyer, a seller and a couple of pieces of paper.

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Boilerplate releases deserve some thought

March 18, 2009 0 Comments

What is a standard real-estate contract? It’s a term that’s widely used. When brokers list property for a seller, they provide potential buyers with a purchase-offer contract that was created for members of their local…

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Asking price: To set or not to set

December 30, 2008 1 Comment

In earlier articles, I’ve discussed the ways that sellers approach determining the value of their sale property and some of the strategies sellers use in setting an asking price.

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Earnest Money: More may be less, and vice versa

November 30, 2008 2 Comments

We buy and sell property in an odd and awkward way. Among the puzzling steps in the process we use is the packaging of earnest money with our purchase-offer contract.

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