Comments on: For the love of a dog… http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/2009/09/03/for-the-love-of-a-dog/ The home truth and nothing but the truth Mon, 21 May 2012 02:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Melina Tomson http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/2009/09/03/for-the-love-of-a-dog/#comment-472 Melina Tomson Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:37:53 +0000 http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/?p=2467#comment-472 Oh recent buyer, I feel for you. You know some states have nuisance disclosure laws where you would have to disclose those types of things on disclosure forms. Oregon doesn't require it. I had an agent who had recently moved here from another state that had nuisance disclosure laws get upset because I didn't disclose the neighbor's barking dog. The dog barked the whole time she was showing the property to the buyer so it's not like they weren't aware... Oh recent buyer, I feel for you. You know some states have nuisance disclosure laws where you would have to disclose those types of things on disclosure forms. Oregon doesn’t require it.

I had an agent who had recently moved here from another state that had nuisance disclosure laws get upset because I didn’t disclose the neighbor’s barking dog. The dog barked the whole time she was showing the property to the buyer so it’s not like they weren’t aware…

]]> By: Recent buyer http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/2009/09/03/for-the-love-of-a-dog/#comment-471 Recent buyer Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:32:37 +0000 http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/?p=2467#comment-471 Having unknowingly bought a house next to a kid in the North Salem HS Marching Band -- a drummer no less! -- I'm perhaps less skeptical of wanting some real long time spent checking on noise. (Since it's also in the railroad's really long-continuous-whistle-at-2:30 a.m. blast zone.) Really, given the facts of life in real estate -- largest investment, biggest financial risk most people will ever take, huge potential for dissatisfaction down the road over things that would never be disclosed -- like the neighbor kid who practices drums, including as I type this -- it's a wonder that MORE people don't want to spend a few nights in a house they're considering. Having unknowingly bought a house next to a kid in the North Salem HS Marching Band — a drummer no less! — I’m perhaps less skeptical of wanting some real long time spent checking on noise. (Since it’s also in the railroad’s really long-continuous-whistle-at-2:30 a.m. blast zone.)

Really, given the facts of life in real estate — largest investment, biggest financial risk most people will ever take, huge potential for dissatisfaction down the road over things that would never be disclosed — like the neighbor kid who practices drums, including as I type this — it’s a wonder that MORE people don’t want to spend a few nights in a house they’re considering.

]]> By: Melina Tomson http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/2009/09/03/for-the-love-of-a-dog/#comment-470 Melina Tomson Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:15:39 +0000 http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/?p=2467#comment-470 You know I had a listing once where the buyers requested to be alone in the house for several hours without their agent. Hmmmm.... I thought that was weird, but asking to sleep over is pretty out there. You know I had a listing once where the buyers requested to be alone in the house for several hours without their agent. Hmmmm….

I thought that was weird, but asking to sleep over is pretty out there.

]]> By: Betty Jung http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/2009/09/03/for-the-love-of-a-dog/#comment-469 Betty Jung Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:52:44 +0000 http://salemoregonrealestatehomes.com/?p=2467#comment-469 Great post Melina. Haven't had that happen to me yet. The weirdest thing showing houses I've had is where a buyer wanted to spend the night at a house he was considering purchasing, because he wanted to see if any noise would bother him. (Didn't happen!). All the best. Great post Melina. Haven’t had that happen to me yet. The weirdest thing showing houses I’ve had is where a buyer wanted to spend the night at a house he was considering purchasing, because he wanted to see if any noise would bother him. (Didn’t happen!). All the best.

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