Anne,
I'm selling a house for $90,000 in Westport on Friday. You need a buyers agent to help you assess the value of the property, and to handle negotiation. Westport is the most beautiful town. No one can tell you what it's worth unless they've seen it. There are properties worth millions in Westport, and property worth not much at all.
As far as the septic, the closing attorney usually escrows 1.5 times the estimate of repair out of the sellers proceeds until completed. - Wed Jul 15 2009, 13:44