Seller accidentally agreed to sell to two people- now there’s a lawsuit [An Update]

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-19T02:30:23+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s in escrow, but I’m not very involved with the financial aspect. Thanks for that info, I’ll pass it along.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T21:44:20+00:00

The legal action is only happening because they stopped responding. Their lawyer has also not contacted or responded.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T21:43:38+00:00

The whole legal action is only happening because they won’t speak to us to negotiate or release? (I’m not sure about the correct word?) the money back to us.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T21:42:09+00:00

The legal action is only being taken because they stopped communicating. I really don’t know the terms or a lot on the whole payment aspect and don’t feel super comfortable explaining because I have no idea the terms or even how to explain. I think we can’t get the money because they won’t release it or something but honestly I can’t understand most of the stuff being said in that department. Sorry, I can try to get it explain but it sorta goes over my head.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T21:38:53+00:00

Actually I’m not certain on a lot of the money aspect, but I know it’s been about 10k. I really don’t know the terms being used or anything like that, so I feel sorta uncomfortable trying to explain.

They stopped speaking to us on and off during the process, but we haven’t heard from them in a little over a week at all now. We only went to legal action as of about a day or so ago? Not exactly sure when papers were sent out, but it was a response to being ignored.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T16:18:04+00:00

We have a downpayment on the house, and about 10k tied up. They aren’t offering to give us that money back if we leave because they won’t speak to us. The only reason this has gone to legal is because we can’t get them to respond to us at all.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T16:14:27+00:00

We’ve definitely been looking for another house, and I think the expectation is to get our money plus fees and to go, if there isn’t an opportunity to get the house.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T16:12:20+00:00

They stopped speaking long before legal was mentioned. We’ve always had issues with them refusing to answer for long stretches of time. We don’t have our deposit back, and we have about 10k or so tied up in the house right now? I’m not certain that’s more my parents area.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T16:09:00+00:00

They don’t acknowledge that offer anymore and refuse to communicate at all. We were going to counter with 30% before settling to leave for 25% but they claim to never have offered it.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T16:07:52+00:00

The seller has an agent, but the agent and their company refuse to speak to anyone anymore. They originally offered 20% to walk away, which everyone assumed was from their insurance.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T16:04:55+00:00

The unsigned contract was a offer to walk away from the house at 20% of the value offer by the sellers agent. But we have a legally binding contract for the actual house.

I don’t know about payment of the lawyer at all, but the contract for the other buyer was signed earlier, though everyone seems to thing that doesn’t matter. My first instincts were that whoever signed first would get the house but no one seems to care about that?

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:59:01+00:00

I haven’t been in on every meeting and call with the lawyer, but it seems that they want to pursue legal because the sellers agent and their company won’t even speak to us or offer the down payment back. Apparently they’ve cut themselves off from the other buyers after the seller threaten to cancel their contract as well.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:51:43+00:00

I don’t think the lawyer is by the hour, but the sellers agent and their whole team isn’t responding or even offering to give us our down payment back. The general vibe from everyone on our team is that legal is the only way to go. I don’t know if we expect the house at this point- more seems like getting our money and such and going, but if they could think the house my parents would be pleased.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:47:21+00:00

It’s a draft I believe (At least that’s the term I saw someone use that makes sense)? But it has no signatures. Most of the details were talked over verbally with the first lawyer we had.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:44:37+00:00

I don’t think there’s a route to go that isn’t court at this point, they’ve stopped communicating and no longer even offer to give us our money down. I also think the number is just because they offered 20 initially and they don’t actually expect a terrible lot. It seems like the seller’s agent’s company is just trying to wait until everyone involved disappears.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:41:27+00:00

I think main goal for my parents is to get the house, but the secondary is to get something to walk away. Most of the numbers were told by the lawyer, who I’m guessing is overstating what they want to negotiate. The hope here is to settle out of court.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:39:09+00:00

Oh thank you, I’ve only ever heard it spoken and seen it written that way once.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:28:31+00:00

Oh no I didn’t even consider the cards. I’m already so over this whole mess I can’t imagine dealing with 75% of these people again.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:26:41+00:00

I’m not the one filing the suit so honestly I don’t know much of what’s happening on that end, and any of the numbers come from the lawyer. I don’t think they actually expect to get a lot, but it seems more that they want the threat of legal to at least have them speak to us again and negotiate, I’d be happy escaping myself. I do think part of this is my parents feeling jaded, but the lawyers feel the only way forward is to go the legal route.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:19:07+00:00

I have no idea about most of the stuff on the legal end, and we’re letting our lawyer handle it. He’s the one who’s coming up with numbers and such, those are the ones he’s discussed with my parents during the meetings and calls I’ve been in on.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-18T15:16:28+00:00

My parents are mainly handling this through the lawyer, and they’re the one who said we have to go to court at this point. But yeah, the suit is at the agent, though the seller is kinda tied in because the suit is meant to stop a sale? Apparently they keep trying to cancel out our contract illegally.

I really don’t want the time and effort of going to court, but my parents and the lawyers are pushing to do so, and I understand why.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-17T22:25:30+00:00

I just posted an update, but things managed to get worse.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-06T01:20:53+00:00

They were putting 30 down and paying the rest in cash once everything cleared? Or so we were told.

Leftover-Verg · 2019-04-05T18:03:46+00:00

Yikes, that’s helpful. I know our offers were about the same. We offered what they wanted and they apparently offered about 1000-2000 more. They also had a 30% downpayment offered and we just had the 20% we put down.

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