One
of the biggest issues I see in buying a foreclosed home in the Tigard,
Oregon,
real estate market is you don’t have anyone protecting you
if you don’t
protect
yourself. This doesn’t seem right, especially if you hired a real
estate agent.
However, there are some things even your agent may not think of, or may
not be
able to tell you, so this is where you need to protect yourself.
The first thing is your
agent can’t tell you how safe the neighborhood
is, that
is for you to decide. I suggest you check out the police
websites and
do a thorough
search of past crimes in the area and see if there is a lot of personal
property crime. (Car break-ins, house break-ins…)
But,
and this is the big one, this is the one that you absolutely have to do
yourself and you have to do it before you even consider
closing on a
home or it
could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is where I’m
telling you
to protect yourself when buying a foreclosed home especially.
Every home that you buy
in short sale or on the regular market comes
with a
disclosure form from the seller, but what about the bank?
The bank
doesn’t have
to do a disclosure form. They are exempt from the disclosure laws. So,
what is
your Tigard, OR. real estate home hiding that the bank doesn’t have to
tell
you?
Your
home could have been a drug house and used for manufacturing drugs and
could be
hazardous to you and your family’s health. You may not
find out for
years why
your family keeps getting sick. You may only find out after the doctors
tell
you what they think the symptoms are.
So, why was the home
foreclosed? Are the owners in jail for drugs and
drug
making? You better know before you close on that house, or you might
find out
your $250,000 home could be worth $100,000 and your family’s health
will be at
risk! Now, if the owners weren’t arrested for it, there may be no
record of it,
and you may want to have an independent test of the house to see if
there are
any signs of drugs in the house.
Protect yourself and your family when buying that foreclosed property in Tigard, Oregon, or you could be sorry.
Todd Clark - Broker / Sales Coach
Palazzo Realty Group
Phone: (503)524-9494
Fax: (503)622-8739
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