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We are in the middle of negotiations and I ran into the buyer and their agent and we were chatting. They both want to buy some things in my house. It's kind of funny. Does this kind of thing happen a lot? I suppose it's win win right? I get rid of stuff I don't want to move and they get stuff cheap.
No real problem with it as long as all that is kept totally out of escrow, and you're happy with the price you get. I had a sale several months ago where the buyer bought some of the sellers' furnishings - we had a list in writing via email, they agreed on a price, and I made the final check for my client (the seller) and collected the money for her as she was off island at the time. Just don't let it affect your transaction in any way.
A couple of different times, I've bought the seller's stack of firewood. They don't have to move it and I don't have to try to find dried and split firewood in the middle of the winter. Win-win.
It's a separate transaction and not linked to the house sale, normally. Although it could refer back to the house sale. You could have a contract that says "I will sell my sofa to agent for $300, but only if the escrow closes on address"
Sounds like a win-win to me also ... as long as it doesn't become part of the ongoing 'negotiations.' Also, if the sale doesn't go through, do they still want to buy and do you still want to sell these things?
-- You might instead say, "Of course I'm willing to sell the things you want at a great price. But, let's get the house sale settled first, then talk about those things."
As an agent, I would be uncomfortable personally buying personal property from a home where I am working the transaction, particularly if the seller of the goods is not my client.
It is just one more easily avoidable entanglement that can be misconstrued, or can bring another emotional angle to bear on things.
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One of the reasons I bought my real estate company was when we purchased our home, the listing agent (Who worked for this company) told us that none of the furniture was included. Subsequent conversations after the close with the sellers indicated they would have loved to have sold us some of the furniture. They also left behind the washer and dryer.
It's a great idea to speak up. An acquaintance told me a story about his lovely former home and how well he had decorated. The buyers called him to help them decorate the home exactly as he had decorated it when he lived there. Funny thing is...he sold all the furniture that was in that house. Had he known, he could have just left it all there. So neither spoke up and both kind of lost out.
In my last two house sales, once I had a buyer, I offered them first choice of what they would like to buy before I had a moving sale. Prior to offering though, I pretty much had packed away things I was going to take. I just had the buyer come over and we went through each room, I wrote down what they wanted, then got back with them with a total price, but also broken down individually. It went smoothly both times.
When Our last home in AZ sold, after the sale agreement was signed, our agent let the owners know that we were willing to sell most of the furniture. They bought over 70% of it including bedroom sets, entertainment units, book shelves, lamps, potted plants, patio decorations, tv's, stereo systems, washer dryer, 2 fridges, bbq grill, patio furniture, etc. Some stuff was not their taste (like our pool table, leather couch and glass coffee tables.) we sold those on craigslist. The furniture sale was handled separately, outside of escrow, between our realtor and the buyers.
Prior home sale surprised us when the buyer included furniture and art work in the offer. The house had been on the market for several months, so we accepted the offer even though we had fully intended to use that furniture in our new home. The artwork was sentimental and removed from the accepted offer.
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