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How to Never Sell your Home

Categories: Uncategorized Posted on October 25th, 2009

So much is written about how to sell your home (you should do this and you should do that) but I thought maybe it would be prudent to point out some of the things that would make it impossible to sell your home.  961713186_d3f85c5bbd

Most people know about the big problems, things like mold, radiation, and possibly that federal highway right-of-way.  But there are many others!  One just happened to me today on an escrow that I have and I thought I would share it with you.

I’m sure many of you know people or possibly even yourself who have thought,  “Oh, wouldn’t it be nice to have a deck, sun room or attached shed on my property.” so you went ahead and built one but you forgot one detail: the need to get a permit.  But of course, one can get a little busy and permits were not a priority for you at the time, so you the construction went ahead anyway.  Now I’m sure you’re deck, sun room or attached shed is just fine but guess what: when you go to sell that property and the buyer’s appraiser starts asking the city or the county about that construction and no permit was filed, you now will have a problem with the buyer getting his financing.

So please, property owners / sellers do yourself a big favor: make sure that you get all the necessary permits for that construction project that you seek to complete.  One day when you go to sell, you’ll be very glad you did.

Photo credit:   Paul Keleher

Posted by Scott Baxter //

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