How Do I Fire my Listing Agent? (buyer, inspections)

[calgirlinnc]

Does anyone know about this?

We told our agent at time of listing that the hot tub is "optional" and it does not convey with the house. We are moving somewhere with a real winter so we'd rather take it.

Now she is telling us it must stay due to being hard wired.

She is trying to shame us into taking the buyer's best offer, which is $15,000 under their initial offer, the hot tub, the very nice refrigerator, and some furniture.

She is saying people are losing their jobs every day, we will have a black mark against our house, it will never sell.

[calgirlinnc]

Originally Posted by CCCyou

Take a deep breath!
First, is the 'sealed attic' stated on the sellers disclosure? If not it should be.
2nd - inspectors are not expected to be 'experts' on everything, especially any 'non-builder-grade-standard' feature, so for their own 'liability' purposes will all automatically flag anything as such as 'consult expert', etc.
3rd - spray foam can easily conceal roofing leaks - and with all the hail DFW gets, you can almost guarantee an inspector here is gonna flag something that he 'cannot see' to inspect - can you imagine his liability if roof collapsed due to rotted rafters cause by a prolong concealed leak?

Easy peasy, tell buyer that you will split the cost for a 'sealed-attic engineer' , an expert, to perform an evaluation/report of your current attic - this will pre-empt any 'inspector ignorance', and if all is good, you have experts report to tell buyer all is good - (you cannot be expected to 'repair' something that is not broken, or pay to 'downgrade to suit their tastes'), and if they walk, you have in hand an engineers report for all future perspective buyers. (ps - tell realtor they should pay for your half of this report for yelling at you, and not handling it as such.)

Thank you for the suggestions. Our roof is 6 months old.

[lvmensch]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

Does anyone know about this?

We told our agent at time of listing that the hot tub is "optional" and it does not convey with the house. We are moving somewhere with a real winter so we'd rather take it.

Now she is telling us it must stay due to being hard wired.

She is trying to shame us into taking the buyer's best offer, which is $15,000 under their initial offer, the hot tub, the very nice refrigerator, and some furniture.

She is saying people are losing their jobs every day, we will have a black mark against our house, it will never sell.

The hot tub should have been included in the listing contract as not remaining. There is a section for that in most listing contracts.

You need at this point to strongly think about firing your agent. But check the contract first. Do not get caught in a long tail before you can relist. Consider talking to the managing broker and insist you have lost your confidence in your agent and want her replaced. At this point I would dump her no matter...but work it to take minimum damage. I would fire any agent who suggested my home would never sell. That is simply extortion. Don't buy it.

[mSooner]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

Does anyone know about this?

We told our agent at time of listing that the hot tub is "optional" and it does not convey with the house. We are moving somewhere with a real winter so we'd rather take it.

Now she is telling us it must stay due to being hard wired.

She is trying to shame us into taking the buyer's best offer, which is $15,000 under their initial offer, the hot tub, the very nice refrigerator, and some furniture.

She is saying people are losing their jobs every day, we will have a black mark against our house, it will never sell.

I'd have knives out by this point. If you've had that many offers in this market, she is not acting in your best interest.

Has she reached out to any of the previous offers to see if they might still be interested? Inventory is low...they might be.

[Rakin]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

The hot tub should have been included in the listing contract as not remaining. There is a section for that in most listing contracts.
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OP, Is the HT sitting on you back patio or deck or built in? Did you advertise it with a pool / spa?

Does not matter about the Hard wiring, you can get it disconnected. If it's an actual Built in HT then it's a permanent fixture and stays. If it's just sitting then it goes.

Permanently Installed is the key words.

FYI - There is a shortage of homes on the market. If what you say is true, sounds like your agent is lacking.

[Rakin]

I have been told that perhaps it was a strategy by the buyer and their agent to come in over asking and then use this inspector to ask for concessions.

They didn't even ask for repairs, just money.

They are just trying to get you down on the Sales price. Period.

Just wait until it does not appraise.

Your agent does not sound that experienced.

[cordata]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

Does anyone know about this?

We told our agent at time of listing that the hot tub is "optional" and it does not convey with the house. We are moving somewhere with a real winter so we'd rather take it.

Now she is telling us it must stay due to being hard wired.

She is trying to shame us into taking the buyer's best offer, which is $15,000 under their initial offer, the hot tub, the very nice refrigerator, and some furniture.

She is saying people are losing their jobs every day, we will have a black mark against our house, it will never sell.

She sounds like a real gem.

[calgirlinnc]

Originally Posted by Rakin

OP, Is the HT sitting on you back patio or deck or built in? Did you advertise it with a pool / spa?

Does not matter about the Hard wiring, you can get it disconnected. If it's an actual Built in HT then it's a permanent fixture and stays. If it's just sitting then it goes.

Permanently Installed is the key words.

FYI - There is a shortage of homes on the market. If what you say is true, sounds like your agent is lacking.

It is sitting on a stone slab underneath a pergola, wired to a 220 independent breaker.

Is that permanently installed? We had it moved here.

[calgirlinnc]

Originally Posted by Rakin

FYI - There is a shortage of homes on the market. If what you say is true, sounds like your agent is lacking.

My heart isn't black enough to make all this up.

Advertised as pool only I believe.

[TurtleCreek80]

Originally Posted by calgirlinnc

Does anyone know about this?

We told our agent at time of listing that the hot tub is "optional" and it does not convey with the house. We are moving somewhere with a real winter so we'd rather take it.

Now she is telling us it must stay due to being hard wired.

She is trying to shame us into taking the buyer's best offer, which is $15,000 under their initial offer, the hot tub, the very nice refrigerator, and some furniture.

She is saying people are losing their jobs every day, we will have a black mark against our house, it will never sell.

You need to call/email/text/show up at your agent’s broker’s house tomorrow and demand to be let out of this listing agreement. Your agent stinks and needs to go ASAP. I don’t know why she’s shooting herself in the foot over and over. Maybe she knows these buyers personally? Or their agent? Regardless - she’s not acting in your best interest.