{"id":724,"date":"2006-12-01T07:21:49","date_gmt":"2006-12-01T14:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=724"},"modified":"2006-12-01T07:21:52","modified_gmt":"2006-12-01T14:21:52","slug":"ask-the-broker-giving-the-bum-the-bums-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/724\/ask-the-broker-giving-the-bum-the-bums-rush\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask the Broker: Giving the bum the bum&#8217;s rush . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>What do you do when the dual owner of a house refuses to leave or cooperate after signing the purchase and sale and a document to agree to sell the house? This is a nasty divorce situation. The divorce court&#8217;s finding was to sell the house and split the proceeds. He is occupying the house now and the closing is in 15 days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The answer to this question is: I am not an attorney. You have to take this up with your divorce lawyer to see what can be done lawfully and without resort to the long arm of Colonel Colt.<\/p>\n<p>It happens that I have a sale going on right now with a very similar situation. She&#8217;s gone, he remains, and he managed to kill two prior contracts with his recalcitrance. I represent the buyer on the third contract, but <i>we<\/i> got lucky: The divorce judge has ordered that the soon-to-be-ex-wife is solely authorized to negotiate and sign for both parties, with the proceeds to be split according to the judge&#8217;s orders.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if this could work for you, but it is at least <i>possible<\/i> to resolve a conflict like this. I wish you good fortune&#8230;<br \/>\n<!-- technorati tags start --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right;font-size:10px;\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/real estate marketing\" rel=\"tag\">real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- technorati tags end --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do you do when the dual owner of a house refuses to leave or cooperate after signing the purchase and sale and a document to agree to sell the house? This is a nasty divorce situation. The divorce court&#8217;s finding was to sell the house and split the proceeds. He is occupying the house [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-ask-the-broker","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1453,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1453\/if-lenders-divorce-the-commissions-theyll-be-divorced\/","url_meta":{"origin":724,"position":0},"title":"If lenders divorce the commissions, they&#8217;ll be divorced","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Jim Duncan issues a battle cry for divorced commissions:As a profession, we need to rid ourselves of Cooperative Compensation and the practice of the listing broker paying the Buyer's Agent. 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