Kansas Missouri Real Estate Forms For Sellers And Buyers That Are Available Online

By Anthony Hill


Real estate transactions are often complicated. They may entail contingencies, special stipulations, and addendums, all of which must be incorporated into the legal agreements between the parties. The uniqueness of a transaction is not an occasion to create a contract of your own, but there are Kansas Missouri real estate forms for sellers and buyers you can download to use as templates for all kinds of different scenarios.

Offer to purchase letters are documents some buyers present to sellers in advance of putting together a lengthy purchase contract. The offer to purchase letter has to be worded carefully because the terms in the letter are what is being agreed upon between the parties, and what will end up in the eventual contract. There should be a property description, the purchase price offered, a closing timetable, how long the offer is valid, and the offerer's signature.

A purchase contract is a formal agreement between a seller and a buyer. It contains all the information that was in the offer letter and more. The contract will include the legal name of the seller, the property description and purchase price, and all the conditions of this sale. If you are downloading documents, you need to double check that the ones you use pertain to the state in which the real estate is located.

A lease purchase agreement can be used by the owner of a property who is renting that property to someone willing to buy it. The monthly payments the renter makes, or a portion of those payments, is applied to the purchase price of the property. The lease purchase contract stipulates all the terms of this type of transaction. Sellers with slow moving property sometimes find this a good solution.

If you are selling a house built prior to 1978, a lead paint disclosure form must be attached to the purchase contract. This document gives the buyer ten days to have the property inspected for lead based paint. The buyer also has the option to waive an inspection or request more time. This document, filled out and signed by all parties, is attached to and becomes a part of that contract by reference.

A seller's property disclosure statement is another document that is attached to the purchase contract and initialed to become a part of the contract. It is very important that this document be included in any transaction where the seller is aware of a latent defect in the property. A latent defect is something a regular inspection might not catch.

Addendums are added to fully executed contracts to change some aspect of the original document. Once everyone has signed the contract, he body of the contract can not be changed. That is why addendums are added. Addendums may be almost anything left out of the original contract, like wetland protection.

Taking contract forms from websites can be a good idea. You should not try to use them however without the approval of a real estate attorney. If you are not a Broker, but one of the agents, you will not be allowed to use them at all.




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