y*******o
发帖数: 6632 | 1 We are the first time home buyer.
We did not have any buyer agent and now have an offer accepted by a sell by
owner house.
He wants us to deposit 1500 check into an escow account as earnest money. Is
that reasonable?
What is the process after signing the contract?
1. inspection
2. financing
Then closing?
Is there any special problems we need to pay attention to?
Thanks a lot. |
d********e
发帖数: 2221 | 2 the fact that you ask these questions shows your ignorance of how to buy a
house. get yourself an agent or lawyer. |
y*******o
发帖数: 6632 | 3 the seller told me that she can give 5% agent fee to me as a discount.
So we just can not resist this offer.
【在 d********e 的大作中提到】
: the fact that you ask these questions shows your ignorance of how to buy a
: house. get yourself an agent or lawyer.
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j*****e
发帖数: 81 | 4 if he will give the 5% to you, why he want to sell by himself?
anyway, just do some research and hire a attorney.
【在 y*******o 的大作中提到】
: the seller told me that she can give 5% agent fee to me as a discount.
: So we just can not resist this offer.
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p**********9
发帖数: 3463 | 5 at least you should hire an attorney.
If the house is not expensive, you don't have to have an agent. an attorney
will be enough. |
j******8
发帖数: 1006 | 6 I would do an inspection 1st, if there are problems, ask the seller give
you credit or deduct the price. if everything is okay then hire a lawyer to
do the rest. |
N********n
发帖数: 13236 | 7 这个不错，我都想转joke了。。。
【在 y*******o 的大作中提到】
: the seller told me that she can give 5% agent fee to me as a discount.
: So we just can not resist this offer.
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F******p
发帖数: 2099 | 8 Hire an inspector and finish inspection first, then write an offer or
depesit dependening on the inspection report. |
y*******o
发帖数: 6632 | 9 Ok. Thank you very much.
【在 F******p 的大作中提到】
: Hire an inspector and finish inspection first, then write an offer or
: depesit dependening on the inspection report.
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w******t
发帖数: 16937 | 10 第一次买房？
祝好运！
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【在 y*******o 的大作中提到】
: We are the first time home buyer.
: We did not have any buyer agent and now have an offer accepted by a sell by
: owner house.
: He wants us to deposit 1500 check into an escow account as earnest money. Is
: that reasonable?
: What is the process after signing the contract?
: 1. inspection
: 2. financing
: Then closing?
: Is there any special problems we need to pay attention to?
|
t********0
发帖数: 96 | 11 If you are the first time buyer, you should have an agent to protect
yourself. Buying a house is a big deal, you should not short change
yourself just because you want to save some money. There are many agents
out there willing to accept a flat fee and return most of the commission
back to you since you already found the house. So, ask around and find an
agent.
To answer your question about the ernest money, it is usually no more than 1
% of your purchasing price. If $1500 is less than 1% then is reasonable.
There are many details on the contract you need to pay attention and
negotiate, such as who pay for the title insurance, who pay for the escrow,
etc, those add up to thousands of dollars. So an experienced agent can
protect your rights and save you money. |
b*******c
发帖数: 20683 | 12 一看这个楼，原帖回帖几乎都是英文，我闪...
【在 y*******o 的大作中提到】
: We are the first time home buyer.
: We did not have any buyer agent and now have an offer accepted by a sell by
: owner house.
: He wants us to deposit 1500 check into an escow account as earnest money. Is
: that reasonable?
: What is the process after signing the contract?
: 1. inspection
: 2. financing
: Then closing?
: Is there any special problems we need to pay attention to?
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