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Am I being given the run-around?

Wife and I are currently under contract for our first home in FL. The sellers are a group based in another state but their realtor is in FL. We went through all of the steps up to the inspection which found that the home had a 21 year old roof that was deemed no life left and the home had poly butylene piping which needed to be replaced. So both of these items need to be fixed in order for the property to be insured and sell. But the sellers never gave us a concrete answer when we sent them the addendum asking them to replace both prior to closing. Our realtor is great and has been on them about it daily, but they are taking forever to get back to us on this. It's been almost a month since the initial addendum was sent and we're now on the 4th inspection contingency date extension from the seller. Best we've gotten out of them is "were still working on getting quotes together but one of the items is approved" but they won't tell us which one (probably the les...
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Possible Encroachment

Hi, My husband and I just bought a new home at the end of December. My sister (who lives with us) was checking the water levels in the cistern yesterday when our neighbor and his kids walked by. The kids decided to stop by and say hi while their dad continued his walk down the road, sounded like the kids wanted to pet my sisters dog and had also brought up how their family believes that the previous home owners had built the fence and part of our cistern on their property. The kids seem too young to understand what property lines mean, which means its probably something their parent(s) often complains about. Should I look into getting a survey done or have the neighbor do so? He has never spoken to us in the month and a half we have lived here and if it is true that the cistern is built partially on their land what can I do about it as it would be extremely pricey to move? submitted by /u/LiteratureNearby1418 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/com...

I'm closing and confused could use advice

I know you're going to tell me to get an attorney and I'm working on that. I don't even know what to tell the attorney once I find one. I have let my buyer do most of the work and now it's my time to step up. My situation: A cash buyer has paid $4,000 for intestate probate and escrow for my house. The last thing that occurred was I talked to a judge over the phone. I believe these were the letters of appointment but I'm not sure. I spoke with the judge very briefly and he stated as follows: "status hearing cleared", grants (unintelligible) March 12th. Get order/prepare order appointment. He also mentioned something called a minute order, legal description of property, explaining that it was the technical jargon for my particular property. I'm in a difficult situation since I'm homebound and disabled. The buyer and I have drawn up a contract but I have yet to sign I have expressed to him that I will not sign until this next move is taken care o...

How many transactions should a TC coordinate at the same time?

I currently handle four plus other additional tasks that are unrelated, and my boss wants to hire more TCs to help me because 3 agents will be joining the team. I'm nervous because I don't know if she thinks I can't handle the job and that's why she's looking for more people. submitted by /u/boredasheck123 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1r75hx3/how_many_transactions_should_a_tc_coordinate_at/

Mortgage jobs

How I can become a mortgage broker? Or working in the finance (loan processor or underwriter) area for mortgage companies? I have a bachelor in BA with concentration in International Business and I don’t know if this BA will help to work in this industry or if I will need to do maybe a certification or a master in finance? submitted by /u/AppointmentHefty3347 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1r6x0nh/mortgage_jobs/

Shortest time between buying a home then selling it?

We bought in 2022. Upgraded from our first home (condo). Home checked a few major boxes so we were happy. Fast forward to today and we’re miserable. The home and the neighborhood just aren’t doing it for us. We finally decided we’re selling. Meeting with our realtor tomorrow. Losing our 3.5% mortgage. Property did gain around $100k in value but factoring in the expense of selling/buying, upgrades, etc we’re not making any money on the house. Definitely thought we’d be here a lot longer than 4 years. Feel like a bit of an idiot if I have to be honest but on the bright side we’re very much more certain on what we want from our next purchase. submitted by /u/ohheythatswill [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1r64xm5/shortest_time_between_buying_a_home_then_selling/

How long is normal before a house gets a first showing this time of year?

For context, I’m in a town right outside of Baton Rouge, LA. Priced at 295k for a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house (2-3k below new construction houses with same floor plan) and we are offering 10k in closing to full offers. The builder for the new builds is offering lower interest rates and 10k closing costs for FHA 30 year fixed loans- no other loans. We also have a fence so hoping that helps pull people our way. But so far- zero showings on day 3. Our house is only 1.5 years old (yes, we have to move). submitted by /u/NeitherNetwork3596 [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1r5ihx1/how_long_is_normal_before_a_house_gets_a_first/

Kind Of In A Panic

I am not sure how to write this, so I am going to be as delicate as possible. My wife and I (and daughter) moved 2.5 hours away from where we used to live. We did this because we wanted to be closer to our sisters who live 30 min away (our sisters live in different areas so we wanted to find a spot that was somewhat of a middle ground so we would be equal distance of each other). Anyway, we bought a home that we really liked. However, the neighborhood is all muslim and we did not know that when we bought the home. The town itself is not, but our street is. Once we moved in, we found this out. I mean, unless you look up every neighbor on the county website, you would have no idea. Just to get this out there, we were completely fine with it. We have made efforts to connect with the neighbors, introduced ourselves, etc. But it seems were are being avoided and do not seem interested in getting to know us. I just want to make sure our daughter can find her tribe, and it just isn't wo...

How to interpret days on market and price cuts.

I’m in the Bay Area and many homes go pending after a week due to offer deadlines and overbidding. If they’ve been sitting for 2 weeks or longer and have price cuts, what does that mean? Can I grab I a many DOM at the listing price? If there’s no price cut, can I bid slightly lower than the listing price? If there’s no is a price cut, can I get it at the price cut price or at a price below the old price? submitted by /u/Rcrez [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/1r4mbsd/how_to_interpret_days_on_market_and_price_cuts/