Michelle
Scottsdale,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, April 28, 2003
In the state of Arizona it is written into all Real Estate Contracts that the builder and or real estate agent cannot be held responsible for sex offenders in the area of your home. You as a consumer need to do this homework and not expect everyone else to do it for you. Look online, check things out, drive the area before you make sure a large investment. Try www.azsexoffender.org to find out if there is a sex offender in the area you are looking to purchase in. In today's real estate market there are many things LEGALLY that your agent may not disclose. Become informed and protect yourself.
Michelle
Scottsdale,#3Consumer Comment
Mon, April 28, 2003
In the state of Arizona it is written into all Real Estate Contracts that the builder and or real estate agent cannot be held responsible for sex offenders in the area of your home. You as a consumer need to do this homework and not expect everyone else to do it for you. Look online, check things out, drive the area before you make sure a large investment. Try www.azsexoffender.org to find out if there is a sex offender in the area you are looking to purchase in. In today's real estate market there are many things LEGALLY that your agent may not disclose. Become informed and protect yourself.
B
Las Vegas,#4Consumer Suggestion
Fri, March 15, 2002
Take your problem to the state's real estate division. They regulate those types of issues and require those types of disclosures. You should have been told about your neighbor. Your sales agent or their broker should have errors and ommissions insurance and also the state should have some type of recovery fund. That division of state government is designed to protect you from those types of problems. I would try that before hiring a lawyer. They are there to dicipline those exact issues. The builder (or sales manager) isn't going to help you, that would be admitting guilt and they are probably expecting a lawsuit.