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Chief
They made tens of thousands on the deal. Say thank you & state you’ll provide them as a recommendation to anyone who is searching for a realtor
Conversation Starter
Agree here. My realtor did something similar for an issue I had and I felt obligated almost to not let them cover it also. But then realized they wouldn’t offer to do something if it was not within the realm of what is expected/or typically done. They do what they need to get the deals closed and keep customers happy. Take it as part of their service and don’t feel bad.
Pro
No, do not reimburse your realtor. They have offered to pay it. I don’t know your buying price, but the realtor has already made a lot on this transaction. The best realtors out there go above & beyond for their clients, and it sounds like yours is doing all of the right things.
What I am sure she will appreciate are referrals and endorsements, that is their bread and butter.
Your realtor should have ensured you had a clause that if it wasn’t in livable condition, the sellers would pay to have it cleaned. If she didn’t advise you to do that, she should pay for the cleaning.
Chief
Yep. They screwed up on the leaseback conditions. They need to be tight with money held back.
It happens in tight markets bc buyers are desperate to find a place but sellers sometimes can’t line it up. We sold in March and built in a 3 month close and option to lease back for 90 days beyond that. They really wanted the house (overbid by a lot) so they went for it. We feared we wouldn’t be able to find a new place as we’d been looking for a year. But having the real sale price of our place known gave us the confidence to look at higher priced places and we ended up buying, closing on that in 3 weeks, spending 7 weeks renovating and moving on the original close date of the place we left. It would have been nice to have some more breathing room, but not having to get into any leaseback at all seemed easier. And the guy was a tool, so I’m glad we did: he made my husband vacuum a corner when the movers got the last big dresser out, even though the rest of the place was immaculate/professionally cleaned that day (the dresser had to be taken apart a bit so it was the last thing in the house till they sent a crew to deal with it).
Hell no! If she offered take it. They make good commission!
I will never do a leaseback again. We gave a 30 day leaseback and 2 days before we were moving in, they asked for a 10 day extension and I politely told them to pound sand. They left so much trash in the garage and attic and cracked the tile in the laundry room the denied they did any of it even when shown picture proof. Wasn’t worth taking them to small claims court over.
Did you take a deposit for the rent-back period?
Pro
Everyone ^ is correct
Pro
Yeah, there really should have been a clause in the contract or even money in escrow to cover this.
You take their security deposit
Pro
Hopefully it was large. Honestly, I question the realtor’s guidance on this one so bet it wasn’t big enough.