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Stubborn Seller Won't Move Out?


I am buying a house in Pleasanton, and the contract is signed and the escrow is getting ready to close, and the seller decides he does not want to move out at close of escrow, but wants a week after close to move out. When we express the fact that this will not work for us, he threatens to cancel the contract. Can he do this? Ben in Pleasanton
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Confusion on Commission Agreement?


Doug, my friend listed her house with an agent with the understanding that if one of her friends (named specifically) buys her property, the agent would be compensated at 4% commission. So one of her friends has made an offer. When the agent sent my friend the estimated pay out from the transaction, the agent put in her commission as 6%. Her explanation is that the original deal was only good until she listed the house in MLS. Is this ethical? Or legal? Or standard practice? Ginny C.
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Seller Rent Back turns into nightmare?


I recently purchased my first house and according to the escrow agreement the seller received 3 days after closing to move. Well after three days I called the seller to verify a time we would meet to exchange keys and he told me he needed THIRTY days!!! To make a long story short he claims he didn't understand the escrow docs and thought he had more time. So I charged him $4000 for the additional 30 days. Now we're coming close to the end of the thirty days and he STILL isn't prepared to move. Although, I'd love to milk him for another $4000 I'm ready to move into my place. As the new legal owner what are my options to get him out? Tamara, Los Angeles, Californa
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I am a local Real Estate Broker with Alain Pinel Realtors serving the Pleasanton and the Tri-Valley area. I am an avid watcher of the local real estate market, as well as cultural and political events. But that is what I do, not who I am...



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