scheduling a walk through (agent, lawyer, Realtor, state)

[lukyelle]

my RE lawyer says I have a right to do a walkthru before closing ...closing is 12/15

do I ask my agent to schedule this?

[rjrcm]

Yes.

[NinaN]

And do it right before you close. Too early and something else can happen (pipes break, things get stolen, etc.)

[lukyelle]

my realtor is trying to schedule for the 12th -- is that too early?

[NinaN]

Impossible to tell. I try for the day before, but timing doesn't always work that way.

[Silverfall]

Originally Posted by lukyelle

my realtor is trying to schedule for the 12th -- is that too early?

In my opinion yes. Ideally you want no more than 24 hours between walk through and when you get possession.

[manderly6]

I always did mine the day of closing.

[accufitgolf]

Originally Posted by manderly6

I always did mine the day of closing.

I have driven from the walk through to the closing. I have also not seen the place 10 days before I closed.

As the real estate market becomes more and more of a vicious circle there is less trust so in this day and age, I would go back to doing it the day of as I have been "forced" by the market to trust few.

This is one of the reasons my last two purchases have been new homes.

[lukyelle]

thanks - I'll try and get it scheduled within 24 hrs, ideally morning of closing.

[lukyelle]

sounds like my realtor will try it for 45 minutes before closing