ask aBroker
contact me in order to get access to the house. Rather than just giving
them access to the lockbox I will say, ?I will meet you there at 3 PM." I
will let them know a little bit about the property as I am letting them
in the front door: yeah, it's a great house, we've got a ton of activity,
multiple offers. Whatever the case, I tell a little story about it. Let
them know that if they have questions about any of the improvements
around the house I can get them a list of the recent improvements.
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Again, if they are going to justify a higher price for this house they
need that evidence from the sellers or from the property so that they
can include it in their report. So if the sellers have done a lot of recent
improvements, you need to get that information from your sellers and
provide that to the appraiser.
sendYour Questionsto
This quest ion comes f rom Jol ynn. She is asking about
appraisal s. Specifically, she's got a listing that?s listed at the top of
the market, meaning that she looked at the comps and this house is
significantly nicer than other ones that are selling nearby, and
therefore it's priced higher than other houses in the neighborhood.
She actually got an offer on this place and not only is it a good offer
but it is above asking price because the buyer wanted the seller to
include closing costs. So, for example, it's listed at $200,000, maybe
comes in at $205,000 and they wanted the seller to pay $5000
closing costs.
Here are a couple of things to consider when you get this type of
offer. Number one ? you want to get more details from the buyer's
lender. If they are asking for 5, 6, 7, 8 grand above asking price to
cover closing costs, make sure that there is ac GV