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 A response from a seller
[#2] Posted: 03/26/2012 - 11:09:14 PM |  |  |
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This is why I recommend against asking sellers to make repairs to the house. Why would you do such a thing? What possible motivation does the seller have to do a good job?
If you were buying a used car, would you say, "Ok, I'll buy the car, but only if you install a new head gasket on it?"
Of course not. You'd say, "OK, I'll buy the car, but at a reduced price because I have to have a new head gasket installed on it." If the seller refuses to reduce his price for any reason, then you have to decide whether or not to buy the car.
I simply don't understand why buyers want sellers to make repairs to houses. It's one of the great stupid paradigms of real estate transactions.
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Putting on the gutters is not a repair, it is an upgrade or improvement, like asking the owner of a stock 1932 Ford to install hydraulic brakes. It is not a repair because it was never there to fail.
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