Selling
Sell it with its permits in order
Buyers' lawyers and lenders ask for the permits, the survey and the recorded easements in the first week. A parcel that has them ready sells faster and holds its price.
I look at your file before you list: what was built, what was permitted, what the county has on record and what the title shows. Gaps get closed first, and the disclosures say what's true.
Before you list
Open or unfinished permits
Additions and outbuildings without paper
Easements the buyer will ask about
Disclosure forms that match the file
The purchase contract, line by line
What goes wrong late
Three things that surface in the second week
- 01
The barn nobody permitted
A buyer's inspector finds a structure the county has no record of. Better to learn that, and fix it, before the listing.
- 02
The road with no paper
A neighbor has used your driveway for decades. The buyer's title company wants a recorded agreement before it will insure.
- 03
The use the buyer assumed
A buyer expects to host events on land zoned for farming. The contract should say what you promised, and what you didn't.
Sellers ask
Before you list
Do I have to disclose an unpermitted structure?
Disclosure rules vary, and silence can cost more than the fix. I'll read your file and tell you what the forms ask, and how to answer accurately.
Can you help me sell part of a parcel?
Splitting land needs the county's approval and a new description in the deed. I can start with what the zoning allows and what the survey would need to show.
Will you review the buyer's offer?
Yes. I read it for its conditions, the dates and anything it assumes about use, and tell you what to push back on.
Send the file before you list
Tell me what you're selling and which permits you hold. I look at the file first and tell you what a buyer's lawyer will ask for.