They should give you the info no strings attached and earn any potential business from you by being honest, forthcoming, informative, and kind in general. I hate that there has to be a sales pitch to get your number - ridiculous. Sorry. I guess that is how sales people do it. I am a Realtor and I don't do it that way. I also have a lot of Realtor friends who also do not do it this way.
I would have them contact your lender. I like to keep a clear line between what I provide and what the lender provides, but Marlowe is right below - when buying a bank owned home, things are not as they "normally" are:)The only time I have provided bank statements with an offer is when it was an all cash offer and even then, I was very careful to keep confidential things blocked out with a thick Sharpie pen.
Hi Sarrah - there are so many factors that could change the way the question is answered. A lot of the homes going to foreclosure today have no equity in them and in fact many are even upside down - they owe more than it is worth. In these cases it pays off to wait for the bank to take it back sometimes. Do you know the owners at all? Taking over a loan (assumption) is not very likely, but a short sale could be negotiated possibly if they do owe more than it is worth and there is time to try to work out a deal with the bank. There is no magic percentage number off of loan balnace to offer them. You need to look at comps and base your offer price off of what the market value of the home is. Your Realtor shoudl do this for you at no charge.Good luck!
If it is a garage, no. Garage square footage should not be counted unless like said below it is finished and this is not always a good idea. Square footage should just be the house itself - and only the parts of it that are finished.
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