I had this lady come in this afternoon. Her and her fiance had bought this lot and they needed to know where the lines where. I got on the internet and whooped out a deed. Hmmm. The description was in yards, I think roughly 200 yards by 500 yards, I don't exactly remember, but there wasn't an acreage listed. However, things really got hairy when that desciption was followed by 4 exceptions, one for 5.5 acres, 1 for 6.5 acres, 1 for 11 acres and another with no acreage listed, but it looked to be less than an acre. The tax map showed the property to be about a half acre.
The lady explained to me that the realtor showed me where her lines were and now the neighbor was telling her something completely different. Also, her description was listed as Exhibit A. When I showed her that jumbled up mess, she told me she had never seen it before, as if the Exhibit A was attached AFTER the deed was signed. The deed was prepared by an attorney infamous for writing descriptions from scaling tax maps and stepping off distances himself.
I gave her a price and was told they couldn't afford it. I expect the realtor has gotten a call by now.
Realtors. Their commissions should be based on their knowledge level.
Ah one ringy dingy...
Don't you feel like telling them how stupid they were for buying property without verifying its boundaries? I do, but so far have refrained from doing so.
"I have often questioned how realtors, like law officials, are usually exempted from prosecution for lying to people to get what they want."
That just sounds like out-right fraud to me.
The attorney should be dis-barred and the agent loose their license.
I already told her what the realtor would say.
"That wasn't put in writing."
I try to refrain from telling my clients how stupid they are. Some days it's a struggle...