Safety For Buyers and
Sellers Seller Safety Agents
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Buyers Buyers don’t have quite as many safety issues as sellers
and agents. Generally a buyer will be
safe visiting someone’s house, because criminals don’t normally sit in a
house and wait for you to show up. A
buyer can maximize their level of safety by conducting any transaction through
a real estate company. Buyers’ dangers lie more in the area of not knowing what
they’re getting into where the transaction is concerned. Sit down with an agent and learn your
rights and options before you go out looking at any houses. This will also give you an opportunity to
get to know the person you will be working with. Find one agent to work with, again so you will know the person
you are dealing with better. There are
some cases where they will have a conflict of interest showing their own listings,
or in some states, even with houses listed with their company, but even then,
you are maintaining at least some consistent relationship. |
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Real estate agents are required to disclose anything they
know is wrong with the house to ANY buyer.
This could include items that could affect your future health and
safety. Sellers selling on their own
also have the same requirements, but many of them don’t check to see what
their obligations are. Think about driver safety. If you are driving around, make sure you’re looking at the road
and not at the houses while you’re moving.
If you are taking small children with you, it is probably wisest to
drive in your own car, where you are already prepared to deal with that. You already have the car seat in place and
the air bag switched off if necessary.
Buyers with children should really pay attention inside a house as
well. The house you are visiting may
not be as childproof as your home. Don’t discount the idea of personal safety while looking
at houses altogether. There may not
be many incidents, but criminals come up with new ideas all the time. Use common sense, so you’re not the first
person they test their idea on. ©2000, 2001, 2002 Quarry-Pyramid, Inc. |
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