The Seller Disclosure is usually ready to be downloaded by any broker from the MLS where it is part of the property listing. This gives the buyer's agent the chance for review prior to making an offer. If the buyer goes ahead and makes an offer, page 5 of the Seller Disclosure Statement can be included with the buyer(s) acknowledging on line 263 that they've received the offer. Also, while the broker/agent is not allowed to answer any questions posed on the Statement, both seller and buyer brokers are liable for inaccurate information if they know the information to be inaccurate. Read the rest of this entry »

99 seller disclosure questions: as a real estate broker I'm not permitted to advise a seller on how to answer any of them. But I can explain Form 17 by example. For example, how to deal with the Asterisk versus the "Don't Know" - The Asterisk statement says that if you check "YES" on any question marked with an asterisk (*) you'd better explain. Read the rest of this entry »

There are thousands of real estate websites that tell you to "Search the MLS" but, unless you are a member of a Multiple Listing Service, you simply can't. Read the rest of this entry »