John Doebinski

And now for a word from someone NOT a used house salesperson... RUN! It smells, but you knew that, otherwise you wouldn't have bothered to ask. The fact that 12 members of the guild came running to soothe your concerns should tell you something.

Understand that the agent is NOT looking out for YOUR best interest, they are looking out for THEIRS. Even if they have no intention of actually bringing their own buyer to the deal (any -- you know -- work for their commission), they want you on record as having waived the fiduciary duty to you that they would owe to you IF they were your seller's agent. You signed a dual agency form? *POOF* They're not a seller's agent anymore. No annoying duties anymore (like confidentiality, fiduciary best interest, etc.). Really helps them avoid losing lawsuits after they *ahem* their cleints (you aren't No. 9, by any chance?).

Even by NAR's own statistics, on average a person buys a house once every 7 years. You think the agent is waiting for your repeat business? You'll buy two or three cars in that time, and think how trustworthy and long-term oriented the people in the car sales industry are. Realt(wh)ores have even LESS incentive to make you happy after you sign on the dotted line.

If the agent wants a dual agency form, tell them to cut their fee in half and get the other half from the other end of the transaction -- See how well that goes over.

Again, you knew it was bad, and you were right. Just act on it. - Wed May 14 2008, 14:32

Tell me, Ed, what makes more noise, the Ambulances going to the RWJ Hospital ER 1/4 mi from your address, or the planes landing at Linden Airport that's 1.5 mi. from your address and directly lined up with the runway? - Fri Apr 4 2008, 12:17

Ooo. Does it have a good view of the prison? Yuo know, the one that three people broke out of earlier this year? - Fri Apr 4 2008, 12:09

Wow, alot of used house sales people with time on their hands to troll the message boards for leads... But it's a great time to buy (because apparently no one else is). But I digress...Thank you all for your time. Do try not to spill the Ramen broth on your keyboards.

Todd, go to http://clerk.ucnj.org/UCPA/DocIndex for Union County land records - you can search by party name (among others). You can also go here (http://www.njactb.org/) to search tax records by location, which will lead you to party names, and book & page numbers of recorded documents.

If you were planning to pay a used house sales dood(ette) $24,000 (est. 6% of $400,000) for that information, just send me $24 and we'll call it even. - Thu Apr 3 2008, 08:02