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]]> By: Roberta Murphy http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132829 Roberta Murphy Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:36:54 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132829 I frequently suggest buyers check out a neighborhood on weekends or evenings to make sure the community feels as good to them as it did on their weekday viewing. This is common sense due diligence. We just had a $1.3 million transaction cancel because of pushy and very invasive neighbors. We represent the buyer and are glad the issue surfaced prior to closing. Neighborhood ambiance can be just as important as the home one buys. I frequently suggest buyers check out a neighborhood on weekends or evenings to make sure the community feels as good to them as it did on their weekday viewing. This is common sense due diligence.

We just had a $1.3 million transaction cancel because of pushy and very invasive neighbors. We represent the buyer and are glad the issue surfaced prior to closing. Neighborhood ambiance can be just as important as the home one buys.

]]> By: sellsius http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132624 sellsius Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:50:03 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132624 Absolutely true Kathy. As with any online system, you just dont know who to believe. Rumors are not fact. Absolutely true Kathy. As with any online system, you just dont know who to believe. Rumors are not fact.

]]> By: Kathy Neilsen http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132623 Kathy Neilsen Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:43:02 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132623 I just heard about a new website called rottenneighbor.com I think that's what it's called. Anyways, if you have a problem with a neighbor you can go to this sight and leave a complaint. I'm thinking this will be similar to the Megans Law website. You can refer your buyers and they can search to see what kind of trouble makers their potential neighbors may be. As far as disclosing a trouble maker in the neighborhood. There's no way of really knowing who's at fault and as an earlier poster said, I wouldn't want to lose a sale over unfounded rumors or bad info and then get sued to boot. I just heard about a new website called rottenneighbor.com I think that’s what it’s called. Anyways, if you have a problem with a neighbor you can go to this sight and leave a complaint. I’m thinking this will be similar to the Megans Law website. You can refer your buyers and they can search to see what kind of trouble makers their potential neighbors may be.
As far as disclosing a trouble maker in the neighborhood. There’s no way of really knowing who’s at fault and as an earlier poster said, I wouldn’t want to lose a sale over unfounded rumors or bad info and then get sued to boot.

]]> By: sellsius http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132590 sellsius Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:50:15 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132590 EDYN Yes, the problem neighbor line can be fuzzy. But let's say the neighbor who has been arrested 10 times for disturbing the piece and brandishing a weapon at real estate agents lives down the block. Do you report him to prospective buyers or renters? Tony, My money's on the wife :) Steve, :) EDYN

Yes, the problem neighbor line can be fuzzy. But let’s say the neighbor who has been arrested 10 times for disturbing the piece and brandishing a weapon at real estate agents lives down the block. Do you report him to prospective buyers or renters?

Tony,
My money’s on the wife :)

Steve,
:)

]]> By: Obeoman http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132588 Obeoman Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:12:58 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132588 ...well..doesn't it take one to know one? I got a kick out of Edyns' reply. Most homeowners have probably found themselves, at one time or another, on either side of the fence-(which also makes a good neighbor!). As far as disclosure goes, I think this one falls to the buyer - let them beware and walk their neighborhood and check their neighbors out. Unzillowable, yes - look at all the debate here about who gets to say what about somebody elses' listing and the issue of privacy. And always have a poop scooper and earplugs, just in case... Obeoman steven.stearns@obeo.com …well..doesn’t it take one to know one? I got a kick out of Edyns’ reply.

Most homeowners have probably found themselves, at one time or another, on either side of the fence-(which also makes a good neighbor!).

As far as disclosure goes, I think this one falls to the buyer - let them beware and walk their neighborhood and check their neighbors out.

Unzillowable, yes - look at all the debate here about who gets to say what about somebody elses’ listing and the issue of privacy.

And always have a poop scooper and earplugs, just in case…

Obeoman
steven.stearns@obeo.com

]]> By: Anthony Longo http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132581 Anthony Longo Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:54:02 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132581 Oh man. This is so bad. Ill take $20 on the truck driver in the medium shirt. Although, the guy in the white tube socks may be some black belt. Oh man. This is so bad. Ill take $20 on the truck driver in the medium shirt. Although, the guy in the white tube socks may be some black belt.

]]> By: EDYN Real Estate http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132578 EDYN Real Estate Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:19:27 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132578 Why is the neighbor a problem? Maybe the seller is the neighborhood problem and once gone everyone will be happier. It's like poker-there is a sucker at every table. If you don't see the sucker, you are it. If you don't have a neighbor you think is bad, you probably are the bad neighbor. Why is the neighbor a problem? Maybe the seller is the neighborhood problem and once gone everyone will be happier.
It’s like poker-there is a sucker at every table. If you don’t see the sucker, you are it.
If you don’t have a neighbor you think is bad, you probably are the bad neighbor.

]]> By: Danilo Bogdanovic http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132573 Danilo Bogdanovic Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:49:58 +0000 http://blog.sellsiusrealestate.com/unzillowable/rotten-neighbors-and-the-duty-to-disclose-2/2007/10/08/#comment-132573 The information has to be a material and adverse fact pertinent to the actual property. A loud and drunken neighbor may not fall into that category. If it doesn't and you disclose it to a buyer and the seller finds out, you may get (successfully) sued by the seller. What an agent may think is doing the right thing may not be the right thing afterall. Seems to be a hot topic these days. This question and similar examples are part of the discussion and curriculum for the new Limited Services Agency class required for CE/PL in Virginia. The information has to be a material and adverse fact pertinent to the actual property. A loud and drunken neighbor may not fall into that category. If it doesn’t and you disclose it to a buyer and the seller finds out, you may get (successfully) sued by the seller. What an agent may think is doing the right thing may not be the right thing afterall.

Seems to be a hot topic these days. This question and similar examples are part of the discussion and curriculum for the new Limited Services Agency class required for CE/PL in Virginia.

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