Category: Dear Forms Committee

In OREF C-501 – Commercial Sale Agreement, the inspection and due diligence period are the same. In Section 8 (lines 128-135), you will find that this period allows the buyer time to complete and review inspections, business documents, leases, and any other due diligence. In

If the seller is performing pre-inspection services, under lines 30-32 of OREF 081 – Septic Onsite Sewage System Addendum, the buyer has ten days after the seller provides notice that the pre-inspection services are complete to conduct septic inspections and negotiations. The review period starts

In instances where the seller is not represented, there is no requirement for an agent to document delivery to the seller. Therefore, this line does not need to be filled in. But remember to use OREF 100 – Unrepresented Party Acknowledgement, to document the fact

According to Section 10 of OREF – 001 Residential Real Estate Sale Agreement, if the buyer checks the box for Licensed Professional Inspections or the box for Alternative Inspection Procedures (intending to use OREF – 058 Professional Inspection Addendum), then they have agreed to provide the

First, check with your brokerage to see if they have a specific in-house form they would prefer you to use. If not, you can use OREF 091 – Notice of Real Estate Compensation. This form can be used as a written notice of compensation to

If the buyer’s purchase of the property is contingent upon the buyer obtaining funds from the sale of an existing property, the buyer should identify that contingency in Section 4 of the Sale Agreement. The buyer should also include OREF 083 – Buyer’s Contingent Right

There are several reasons that OREF has taken this approach when creating and revising our forms.   The primary reason is that when a form refers to an agent, it means the licensee representing the client. As you know, that licensee can have one of

Oregon law requires that the seller have the well tested for arsenic, nitrates, and total coliform bacteria upon accepting an offer. If the buyer would like additional tests performed (such as flow test, lead test, etc.), the buyer can indicate the additional tests that the

The OREF Residential Real Estate Sale Agreement has a number of built-in contingencies: the receipt of contingent funds, if indicated in Section 4; the three financing contingencies, unless the transaction is all cash, or, if the seller finances the transaction, agreement on the financing documents;

Yes. In previous versions of the OREF Commercial Sale Agreement, if the buyer didn’t provide unconditional disapproval of the property before the end of the inspection period, the buyer was deemed to have accepted the property’s condition. After considering the typical procedure for conducting due