I Need some Home Ownership/Real Estate Advice

Chuck33079

Can you have the seller knock the $1500 off the price of the home in exchange for you being understanding about it and not throwing the tenant out on his ***? I have no idea how landlord-tenant laws work in your state, so I can't comment on any of the legality of what's been done. I do think you need to report your realtor to the local licensing body for her mishandling of the situation after the close. There's no way she didn't know all of the details before you signed the paperwork.

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MacCool

I agree with reporting it or filing a complaint about the realtor if the OP really feels that he got fraudulently handled, but if I were the seller, my response, with signed purchase agreement in hand, to a request to knock $1500 off, would be something akin to a loud fart. A contract is a contract. The OP's contract was with the seller, not the real estate agent. If it's not in the contract, it doesn't exist, is what the judge is going to say.

The chances of even being able to "throw the tenant out on his ***" before his June 1 move-out date are negligible.

theDreamer

Actually you would be wrong.
The real estate agent is a broker when selling/buying a house and is legally obligated to report all information. One of the forums required to be filled out is a disclosure of information and question 4 on this form is, is there a current rental agreement contract or person living in the house.

Also, by the sounds of it the real estate agent has lied about the tenant living in the house, be if they said they would move out on X date or there is no rental agreement so they will move instantly. This is a huge no-no in the real estate world, the people I have spoken with on this matter have said the real estate has basically open them up to a lawsuit depending on how this plays out because of how they have handled this deal.

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