Stuck in escrow with an investor
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Dear Phyllis,
My uncle passed without a will, and I am the administrator of his probate estate. He has a late 1890’s V...
Lot line confusion
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Dear Phyllis,
I am the trustee of my father’s estate. This home has been in our family since it was built in the 1940’s. Many ye...
Title removed from living trust
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Dear Phyllis:
After years of reading your real estate questions and answers, I have a doozy! My parents had a living trus...
What is a professional fiduciary?
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Dear Phyllis,
For the last five years I have been taking care of my father with little help from my brother (who live...
Selling Quietly
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Dear Phyllis,
I look forward to your real estate questions and think this is a new topic for discussion. I have a sister who my mother di...
What happens if the seller refuses to move?
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Dear Phyllis,
Recently, you wrote an article regarding a seller renting back a home. The question was whether a ...
Seller Rent Backs – Should there be a security deposit?
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Dear Phyllis,
I think you previously addressed a situation where the seller rented back. My son ...
Online real estate sites can be misleading
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Dear Phyllis,
I love reading your real estate answers. I want to relate a recent experience for the education o...
Endless Inspections
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Dear Phyllis,
We had our home on the market pre-covid and the buyer did so many inspections it was ridiculous. Whereas his agent was p...
Buy first or sell first?
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Dear Phyllis:
Since there is such a strong sellers’ market in real estate right now my husband and I are thinking it would be a...