- After
receiving a few scathing (and some very aloha) communiqués
from various Realtors regarding my advice on real estate issues,
I am posting the following caveat:
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- My advice
is based on my experience and the experience of many other people
engaged in buying and selling homes and properties. It is addressing
readers who are already knowledgeable in the basics of real estate
transactions, and may not be suitable for the folks who buy one
or two homes in their lifetimes.
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- To those
readers who are interested in learning from the experiences of
those of us who have already learned by really blowing it a time
or two, I recommend you read all of the material in the book
that applies. Some of the criticisms I received are clearly from
folks who picked a few statements or recommendations out of context
with no reference to the rest of the supporting text.
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- For example,
if you get from what you read in the book that it might be OK
to buy from a private seller without the assistance of a Realtor,
then you also need to read the parts on encroachments, permit
problems, setbacks, lava zones, water-supply questions, when
to use pin-finders and when to ask for survey, home inspections,
termite reports, disclosure statements, title and escrow issues,
etc., and how to effectively deal with them.
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- Aloha!
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- Skip Thomsen
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