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Dear Forms Committee: I noticed in OREF 112-Translation Interpretation Services Affidavit that item (b) states that the interpreter must be at least 18 years old…(read more)

Dear Forms Committee: I noticed in OREF 112-Translation Interpretation Services Affidavit that item (b) states that the interpreter must be at least 18 years old…(read more)

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Question: I noticed in OREF 112-Translation Interpretation Services Affidavit that item (b) states that the interpreter must be at least 18 years old. My buyers’ choice of interpreter is their daughter, who is 14. Can we add language to item (k) stating that the buyer

Dear Forms Committee: After reviewing a completed OREF 020 – Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement, a buyer I am representing in a purchase has decided to terminate the transaction…(read more)

Dear Forms Committee: After reviewing a completed OREF 020 – Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement, a buyer I am representing in a purchase has decided to terminate the transaction…(read more)

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  Question: After reviewing a completed OREF 020 – Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement, a buyer I am representing in a purchase has decided to terminate the transaction. I have thoroughly reviewed OREF 064 – Buyer’s Notice of Unconditional Disapproval, and I can’t find an option

Dear Forms Committee: I represent the seller in the sale of a residential property that includes a well supplying groundwater… (read more)

Dear Forms Committee: I represent the seller in the sale of a residential property that includes a well supplying groundwater… (read more)

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I represent a seller who has received a cash offer.  The buyer has indicated in Section 5 that they will provide the verification of funds within 3 business days of the Effective Date.  The seller is concerned about taking their property off the market and

Dear Forms Committee: My seller has just received an offer on their home. In reviewing the terms of the offer, the seller has a question about Section 18, Seller Representations. In reviewing items (a) – (g) the seller discovered that item (f) is inaccurate. They are aware that the neighbor’s fence encroaches onto their property by approximately two feet along the southern property line. They disclosed this encroachment in the Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement. Should they go ahead and accept the offer as written based on knowing they’ve disclosed the encroachment in the disclosure, or should they take other action due to the inaccurate representation in Section 18(f)?

Dear Forms Committee: My seller has just received an offer on their home. In reviewing the terms of the offer, the seller has a question about Section 18, Seller Representations. In reviewing items (a) – (g) the seller discovered that item (f) is inaccurate. They are aware that the neighbor’s fence encroaches onto their property by approximately two feet along the southern property line. They disclosed this encroachment in the Seller’s Property Disclosure Statement. Should they go ahead and accept the offer as written based on knowing they’ve disclosed the encroachment in the disclosure, or should they take other action due to the inaccurate representation in Section 18(f)?

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Section 18 starts with “Subject to any written disclosures made by Seller as a part of this transaction, Seller makes the following representations to Buyer….”.  Because this language specifically incorporates the seller’s written disclosures as potential modifications to the representations, and if the seller includes