Skip to main content

Do we always have to go to our realtor’s office to put in an offer?

We’ve been house hunting for several months now. We found our realtor through our friends, they were really happy with him so we figured we could work with him too. His office is a bit far from where we live, about 45-50 minutes away. It’s not terrible. But he does insist we go to his office whenever we want to put in an offer. We’ve only put in one offer so far, so this happened once. But we want to put in an offer on a house we saw last night.

Unfortunately, my boyfriend has a wacky work schedule. So we didn’t go last night after viewing the house to put in an offer. It just wouldn’t have worked out time wise. So now we’ll have to go very late tonight to put in the offer. Luckily the owners are giving people till Monday before all offers are reviewed. I’ve asked multiple times if this process is something we can do over docusign or anything like that and have been told no, it would be best to go to the office to put in the offer.

While I’m very aware we made this choice to work with this guy for several months now, I will say having to go to his office to put in an offer has been a slight obstacle. It’s not always convenient to get there, and in a market like this where house are coming and going, the extra time needed to get there has added a layer of difficulty. We should have factored this in before picking a realtor.

I realize I’m likely complaining about nothing (this process has turned me a bit sour) but I just wanted to know, is it always standard to go to the realtor’s office to put in offers? Several other people I know have said no, the only time they went to the office was for initial meetings or closing. Thanks for any answers!

submitted by /u/jaexxi_
[link] [comments]

source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/ewpops/do_we_always_have_to_go_to_our_realtors_office_to/
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Aren't comps/CMAs useless with buyer credits at close happening now?

I'm looking into buying a new construction townhouse in my HCOL US city. I'm seeing builders offering interest rate buydowns worth $20k-$60k on $800k homes (rather than just lowering prices) in order to keep their comps high for their other units, now that buyer demand has been declining. I asked my agent about these, and he said these buydowns aren't even the full story: buyers can write all kinds of other credits into an offer, like their closing costs, prepaid sewer fees, etc. Apparently cash buyers can just write in a "buyer credit at close" for any amount in their offer. So a new townhouse that appeared to sell for $800k in the MLS might have actually been a cash offer with a $100k+ buyer credit at close, meaning the buyer only spent $700k or less in total, but to the rest of the world they can only see the $800k! So that made me realize I can't trust comps/CMAs for other new construction townhouses. The sales prices could be way lower than they appear
1 comment
Read more

Fast Rising HOA Fees on NYC Condo, No Budget Provided

My wife and I are first time homeowners and could use some advice on a situation we've been having with our management company and Board. We bought a condo in Brooklyn two years ago, and since then our HOA fees have climbed dramatically. In August of last year, our fees were increased by ~30% and just yesterday we received notice that this new figure would be increased by 16% as of June 1st. The by-laws for our building state that ten days before such a change goes into effect, the Board must provide unit owners with the itemized budget upon which the new numbers were based. This didn't happen last year, and when I asked the management company about it, they just kept vaguely insisting the Board had done due diligence. After I kept pressing, they finally sent a budget that was several years old, so obviously not the one that the new numbers were based on. When I asked the management company for contact information for the Board to get further clarification, I was told that th
Post a Comment
Read more

How to create fidelity investments current bank statement for lender during escrow

I transferred a certain amount to my bank account to complete the minimum down payment required. The bank wants a current statement of the transaction. Unfortunately, fidelity only does quarterly statements so a December statement is not available and we are due to close next week. I called fidelity and they they can only provide a letter but the bank said that won’t suffice. Any way I can find or make one of my own that has my account number/name along with all the recent month’s activities? submitted by /u/bodaciousbeans [link] [comments] source https://www.reddit.com/r/RealEstate/comments/zmnnqo/how_to_create_fidelity_investments_current_bank/
Post a Comment
Read more