What would be an effective way to approach...? (real estate thread)
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I want to stay in the park but there's only one place I want to buy.
(It's the place Bernard liked best. I'm glad he liked it.)
TBH, I look at the Realtor site every day and walk the park, every road, every place, in the course of a month. Nothing has made me want to buy a place yet from what I can tell.
There are some worth considering but I'm still weighing the different factors.
They go on and off the market. I might find one I like or one I will like if I do a limited amount of renovation.
So, here's the dilemma.
The manager knows me because I've paid her the rent for seven years.
I used to put it in the drop box but now pay it when she has office hours because I enjoy seeing her.
She took a shine to me from the day I met her. Likewise, I'm fond of her and appreciate the excellent way she does her job.
We have a good working relationship.
Well, I brought the trust drafts and other paperwork to her office one day. I told her my circumstances would be changing. I asked her if I could both stay in the park and stop paying the rent for my current place. Her answer was no problem.
Well, she's a realtor and of course wants to sell me a unit and for my part I told her I wanted to buy one from her.
The place I want isn't her listing.
How would you let her know at this point you want to buy someone else's listing?
I think if this place is still for sale and if I don't decide to buy a condo I will just be professional about it, ask her if I can have a lease on the property I want to buy, and then buy it.
I don't think she would say no.
My argument would be I would be a responsible, contributing member of the community.
I know she would be disappointed and I would feel badly.
I'd much rather she would get the commission but she doesn't have the listing.
Is there an effective, diplomatic way to approach this situation if it becomes a reality?
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Realtors sell houses listed by other agents all the time.
It’s pretty much how the system works.
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Thank you, Steve!
That helps me with my second choice so far, too, because the agent told me things that were incorrect and in fact far fetched.
I will consider this place after researching if it has been inspected by the State (taller than two stories triggers mandatory inspections after that famous condo collapse in Miami), find out whether there are assessments on the horizon, double check the tax assessment, find out how much insurance would cost, and whether the association has an escrow fund and how much is in it.
IIRC, this in Flood Zone X, the highest elevation. You can cross the road and be in a Publix parking lot.
https://www.zillow.com/b/911-washington-ave-largo-fl-CjgNWr/
I don't understand why this ad says "for sale" and "long term rental."
Do you think "long term rental" is a misprint?