As those of you who have done a relo deal know, relocation companies can be a pain in the rear with due diligence that resembles a colonoscopy. In addition to paperwork that releases them from even a whisper of liability or risk, they always want to see the mortgage commitment and contract for the buyers down [...]
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Lawyer Vs. Relo
Posted in Tales from the Trenches, tagged attorneys, relocation companies on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Discrimination
Posted in Fair Housing, tagged bias, discrimination, race, steering on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This piece of news highlights the precarious position some agents are in when confronted by the racial bias of buyers, or, as in the story, an undercover tester from the state. There will always be a tension between a desire to placate the client and coyly pretending that a predominantly Martian area is about the same as [...]
Would You Kick a Buyer Out of a House?
Posted in Tales from the Trenches, tagged Buyers on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This guy did…sort of. Oh, he kicked them out all right. They just weren’t buyers. I ask when they were looking to buy and when they were planning on moving down to NC from “XX”. Then I got the answer I was not looking for. “Oh, we are just down here visiting cousin Joey. We [...]
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