Comments on: 7 reasons to make sure your agent can read well… http://raincityguide.com/2007/07/16/7-reasons-to-make-sure-your-agent-can-read-well/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Seattle Washington Online Resource Information Center » Blog Archive » Ask Congress to Support Immigrant Children s Health Insurance Act http://raincityguide.com/2007/07/16/7-reasons-to-make-sure-your-agent-can-read-well/#comment-161461 Seattle Washington Online Resource Information Center » Blog Archive » Ask Congress to Support Immigrant Children s Health Insurance Act Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:49:31 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/07/16/7-reasons-to-make-sure-your-agent-can-read-well/#comment-161461 [...] 7 reasons to make sure your agent can read well I m not addressing whether or not your agent has dyslexia or if they are perhaps illiterate. No, I m putting out there that there can occasionally be a lack of reading on the part of an agent when it comes to documents that may be very important to purchase of a property. Rather than focus on […] [...] [...] 7 reasons to make sure your agent can read well I m not addressing whether or not your agent has dyslexia or if they are perhaps illiterate. No, I m putting out there that there can occasionally be a lack of reading on the part of an agent when it comes to documents that may be very important to purchase of a property. Rather than focus on […] [...]

]]> By: Rhonda Porter http://raincityguide.com/2007/07/16/7-reasons-to-make-sure-your-agent-can-read-well/#comment-161145 Rhonda Porter Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:41:43 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/07/16/7-reasons-to-make-sure-your-agent-can-read-well/#comment-161145 This seems so basic but it's true. It's important that you have an agent AND lender who will read everything. If the LO breezes through a purchase and sale too quickly, they can miss some important details (for ex.: excessive closing cost credits, addendums with changes to sales price...) that could cause a hiccup in a transaction down the road. This seems so basic but it’s true. It’s important that you have an agent AND lender who will read everything. If the LO breezes through a purchase and sale too quickly, they can miss some important details (for ex.: excessive closing cost credits, addendums with changes to sales price…) that could cause a hiccup in a transaction down the road.

]]> By: Joe Beitey http://raincityguide.com/2007/07/16/7-reasons-to-make-sure-your-agent-can-read-well/#comment-161130 Joe Beitey Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:45:08 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/07/16/7-reasons-to-make-sure-your-agent-can-read-well/#comment-161130 Hi Reba, Great job covering a few of the "basics" of the job. You focused on the "reading" part of the old-time "3-R's" of education: Reading, Writing & Arithmetic. Focusing on the "writing" part of the "3-R's", and thinking just off the top of my head, I'd also add: (1) Write legibly; (2) Write in a complete sentence; (3) When modifying a term to a pre-printed form, strike one line through the parts to be removed, write in the new terms, and get the initials from all parties to the agreement as to the modification; and (4) Review your own work and the work of your assistants before you send your documents out (this last item is more of a common sense issue; but worth repeating). I, like everyone else, am not perfect. We all make mistakes. However, as you imply, a good handle on the basics, along with a little common sense will take you a long way. Hi Reba,

Great job covering a few of the “basics” of the job.

You focused on the “reading” part of the old-time “3-R’s” of education: Reading, Writing & Arithmetic. Focusing on the “writing” part of the “3-R’s”, and thinking just off the top of my head, I’d also add: (1) Write legibly; (2) Write in a complete sentence; (3) When modifying a term to a pre-printed form, strike one line through the parts to be removed, write in the new terms, and get the initials from all parties to the agreement as to the modification; and (4) Review your own work and the work of your assistants before you send your documents out (this last item is more of a common sense issue; but worth repeating).

I, like everyone else, am not perfect. We all make mistakes. However, as you imply, a good handle on the basics, along with a little common sense will take you a long way.

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