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Old 01-23-2009, 12:56 PM
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Must seller respond to a written offer?

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If I make a written offer on a home for sale, must the sellers respond in writing that they are rejecting the offer or can they simply choose to ignore the offer and not respond at all? If they must respond in writing is there an established period of time in which they must respond?

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Old 01-23-2009, 01:00 PM
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If I make a written offer on a home for sale, must the sellers respond in writing that they are rejecting the offer or can they simply choose to ignore the offer and not respond at all? If they must respond in writing is there an established period of time in which they must respond?

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They can pretend that you do not exist.

You shoving a piece of paper under their nose does not force them into a dialog with you.
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Just leave it as is and stop making yourselves sound real stupid about the sisutation at hand. Further more I don't need to know how to spell corcetly on here. I know how to spell perfectly fine. I did graduate high school and never once had any problems with my grammer.
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Old 01-23-2009, 01:40 PM
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If you wanted a time period, you should have put that in the offer. Failure to receive the signed acceptance is your answer. You can tell them now that you are rescinding the offer.
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Old 01-23-2009, 02:11 PM
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Okay maybe I should have phrased it differently...

If I make an offer does my agent have to produce the seller's response, whether it be acceptance, counter, or rejection?

What I am trying to get to the bottom of is, my agent tells me that the seller has rejected the offer but I have not been shown this in writing. Is the agent required to produce it. The agent is representing both of us. At this point I am not even sure if my offer was presented to the seller.
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If you don't trust your agent, get a new agent who will represent your interests.
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Old 01-23-2009, 02:49 PM
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What makes you think the seller rejected it in writing.
Why do you think your agent is untrustworthy?
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Old 01-23-2009, 02:57 PM
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You know what...I have been on quite a few forums in my time but never ran into such a bunch of ignorant, full of themselves, ****y, arrogant...

I'll leave it there.

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You know what...I have been on quite a few forums in my time but never ran into such a bunch of ignorant, full of themselves, ****y, arrogant...

I'll leave it there.

Have a nice life
Huh?

Please explain.
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Old 01-23-2009, 03:19 PM
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You know what...I have been on quite a few forums in my time but never ran into such a bunch of ignorant, full of themselves, ****y, arrogant...
If you were referring to my post, then you have no clue what I said, so read it again.

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If you don't trust your agent, get a new agent who will represent your interests.
You have put yourself into a situation where you are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to a stranger for a piece of property and you have hired an agent to represent your interests. However, you have chosen the one agent in the entire world who cannot wholeheartedly represent you since they are bound to represent the other party as well.

Then you want to find ways to try to prove your suspicions that your agent is deceiving you.

Simple solution: get somebody who you KNOW is on your side so you don't have to waste your efforts proving his trustworthiness.
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Old 01-23-2009, 05:09 PM
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You know what...I have been on quite a few forums in my time but never ran into such a bunch of ignorant, full of themselves, ****y, arrogant...

I'll leave it there.

Have a nice life
Sorry, we didn't tell you what you wanted to hear, but the answer to your question is NO. It doesn't matter how you couch it and our further questions as to why you keep repeating the question with regard to your agent is necessary if we are to understand what other problem you might be having.

While you present an offer in writing (signed with your terms as you would like), only the acceptance needs to be also in writing. When the agent presents the offer the seller does one of four things:

1. Signs the thing which accepts it.
2. Sits on it, which gives him the option to accept it later or not, up until which time you retract it (or the time written in the offer expies).
3. Prepares and signs a counter offer, in which case the first offer is rejected and it's now turned back in your court (same rules apply, pick one of the four options).
4. He tells you and your agent that your offer is unacceptable and declines it.

He doesn't need to provide reasons for his action.
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You know what...I have been on quite a few forums in my time but never ran into such a bunch of ignorant, full of themselves, ****y, arrogant...

I'll leave it there.

Have a nice life
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Sheeze! If they thought those responses were bad, they should stick around!
No wonder their real estate agent isn't responding to their childish demands! How some people make it in this world is beyond me.
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