Joe had an “easy sell” of our homes. By this I mean they were in great shape and sold very quickly. The real issue of difficulty was going through the contract’s obligatory inspections. It seems that with the concept of “seller assistance” the buyer doesn’t pay less, he gets assistance. This means they buyer pays full price but gets money back and full commission is received regardless of the actual amount seller receives. Real estate transfer tax fees are also based on an inflated price to the seller. There also is the underlying idea that you can get more money back by finding things wrong with the house upon inspection. Joe did well on keeping this to a limit but in the last transaction, the buyer wanted $2600 for a transfer of a warranty. This was never even presented until the day before closing! While we refused that evening, it was a restless night especially knowing we gave Joe power of attorney for the closing knowing we would be away. Joe sent a text saying the closing was complete but no details were given. We did get the financial details from the paralegal once we called. The money received matched our closing statement. We asked for receipt of wired funds. Both the proceeds and mortgage payoff were to go to the same bank. The closing was on Friday, the bank shows a deposit of proceeds on Friday. We didn’t receive any proof of wire for the mortgage payoff and it is not showing received at the bank. It appears I will need to wait until Monday until I can get some sort of answer.


