Posted by St. Botolph St. on February 26, 2003 at 20:59:55:
That’s what I’ve read on this site, and that’s the reason I was trying to get in touch with them. So many things here quote negotiations with the seller directly.
Or, I could try a really low offer and see if they counter in order to give me an idea of what they will accept.
I guess I’ll have to practice writing an offer next. I haven’t even gotten the MA forms!
Thanks for moving me onward.
checking with USPS regarding mail forwarding - Posted by St. Botolph St.
Posted by St. Botolph St. on February 25, 2003 at 20:45:46:
Hi Folks:
I think I have a motivated seller (death with estate selling unit) and I’d like to get more of an idea of what they would accept.
The property taxes are still being paid (the death was last summer) and the asessor mails them to the deceased owner at the unit itself.
On a poster at the asessor’s office, I read you could check with the post office to see if mail forwarding has been ordered, and to where. However, at the post office, I was told this was discontinued several years ago due to privacy concerns.
I wasn’t sure how to go about asking the agent for the seller’s phone number. Also, the listing agent hasn’t even been around; I found out about the property from one agent and another agent showing the place wasn’t the one “in charge” (is that the right way to say it?)
Can I get any information from the Births and Deaths section in city hall? I don’t know if an exact date of death would help me.
In one sense they don’t seem too concerned because they aren’t renting the place out, they’re paying the taxes and mortgage (I know they couldn’t have paid it off because got a 30yr in 2001), and they’re not aggressively lowering the price etc. Maybe they just listed it but the agent is not spending much time marketing it?
Still, I was told they were motivated, but like some of those articles say, you really have to evaluate, and the only way to do that would be to get in touch with the estate.
Just wondering what your thoughts are.
How to find out what they’ll take - Posted by rm
Posted by rm on February 25, 2003 at 22:00:19:
Write an offer.