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T Cool
T Cool asked in Business & FinanceRenting & Real Estate · 9 years ago

I just purchased a home in Arizona. The seller stole the furnace from the place, is the Realtor responsible?

The Real Estate agent who represented the SELLER handed over the keys today. When I left, I went to the home to take a look and the seller, who moved out today, had apparently stolen the furnace. I contacted the Real Estate agent and she says there's not much she can do about it short of trying to call the seller who's on his way out of town. She has not successfully reached him. The contract stipulated that the home included a working furnace among the other appliance. I think that as the sellers representative, the Real Estate agent is ultimately responsible for either getting the furnace back, reimbursement or replacement. Based on Arizona law, is this correct?

Thank you.

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  • monique
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    The realtor was the seller's representative, and I am assuming you did not use a buyer's agent? You are going to have to try to sue the seller...if you can find him, that will be your challenge.

    I bought my first house three years ago, but I know before I went to closing (morning of).....I did a final walk through of the house to make sure there was nothing out of the usual. They had already vacated the house when I did this.

  • acermill
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Sorry, but you misunderstand the law completely. The seller's agent is NOT responsible for something which the seller took against the contract stipulations. The SELLER is responsible for that, and that is the party from which you need to seek recompense. It appears that you closed BEFORE the seller vacated, which was rather stupid on your part. That is one of the cardinal sins of real estate. Proper sequence is that the seller vacates, and then YOU examine the premises to satisfy yourself that all is as agreed. THEN you do the closing.

  • Miotch
    Lv 5
    9 years ago

    No. What is the Agent going to do. Stand around while the guy packs up and leaves the house? If they see him taking something that breaches the contract do you expect them to then football tackle them? You need to sue the seller directly and not the agent. The agent fills out the forms to the best of their knowledge. They did their job correctly.

    Source(s): I am an agent and in this case I would fist contact the seller then suggest you seek legal council and provide you with any documents that you need to remedy the situation. But if you got in my face about it and told me how it was my fault and demanded I pay you.... I'd tell you to go fuck yourself. With all due respect, you're blaming the wrong person.
  • Paul
    9 years ago

    The agent is not responsible. Your only recourse would be with the seller who stole it. The agent can ask the seller to give it back, but if the seller does not, then the agent has done their due diligence.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    it would in all probability count on the regulations on your state. it would be nicely worth identifying to purchase a hour of the legal professional's time to inquire. As for as living house inspectors are in contact, i'm not sure that the inspectors that are in the living house inspection business enterprise are quite qualified to do them. inspite of each and every little thing a contractor has countless crafts development a house and the clarification she or he does is via the fact there is not any one that is knowledgeable sufficient to do each and every little thing it is needed in development a house. provided that concept how can one guy or woman have the understanding to assert that each and every little thing is high quality or it there's a situation that must be addressed in between the numerous aspects that make up the living house. If I have been procuring a house i might choose a professional to tell me that the warmth, roof, electric powered, structural or the different factor replaced into ok or replaced into undesirable.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    You are not correct, and I have no idea how you even think she's responsible. Your beef is with the seller.

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