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Can you give me some tips about buying privately?
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Bellaocchi
Hope Faith Love
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Can you give me some tips about buying privately?
There is a friend of the family that knows someone who is selling their mothers home b/c she passed away. They are selling it privately. Can you give me some pointers of how to make this not such a frustrating process? We have not been told what the actual price is.. just a ball park figure right now.
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Posted 4/24/07 6:41 PM  |
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ali120206
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Re: Can you give me some tips about buying privately?
We bought privately. It was frustrating at times but, I think that is just the territory with buying a house.
We contacted friends and found a lawyer and an inspector to use. The process is a lot slower because there isn't a realtor helping to push it along.
We made an offer and it was rejected. They countered and we met their counter offer (it was only $10k more and the house was still a good deal).
Do some research to see what comparible homes in the area are listing for. We got some information from a realtor friend about what homes were selling for as well.
Good luck!
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| Posted 4/24/07 7:55 PM |
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Jackie24
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Re: Can you give me some tips about buying privately?
i would def find a lawyer you trust first.....he/she will steer you in the right direction and make sure everything is legal
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| Posted 4/24/07 8:48 PM |
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ThreeCats
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Re: Can you give me some tips about buying privately?
Posted by VRF1125
There is a friend of the family that knows someone who is selling their mothers home b/c she passed away. They are selling it privately. Can you give me some pointers of how to make this not such a frustrating process? We have not been told what the actual price is.. just a ball park figure right now.
We brought our house privately - it was really easy and quick.
We agreed on a price - our lawyers got in contact with each other - we signed a contract and a few weeks later we went to closing. (in those few weeks the title search happened and the mortgage stuff was taken care of)
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| Posted 4/24/07 10:18 PM |
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