Originally Posted by
DLax85
Thanks for the details.
Question: While it cost you $3,500 in "repair costs" before FEDEX would accept your house, how did this compare with the costs you would have incurred if you sold it yourself conventionally?
(i.e. Home repair costs demanded by Joe Avg Buyer, cost of sales agent, other seller incentives one may have to offer in today's real estate market)
Not sure on the value of your home, and thus what percentage $3,500 represents, but perhaps it was still a much better deal than selling it yourself.
Please opine.
Thanks.
To expand some more. I lived in a city other than Memphis. I also had to pay the difference in packing costs because the company has a better deal in Memphis for packing, trucking and storage ($1200). They dropped that bomb on me 2 days prior to delivering my houshold goods and I was basically told they wouldn't deliver unless I sent them a certified check.
The $3500 I spent was less than 1% of my buyout price and there was no negotiation. It was do the repairs or no deal. The inspector Serva sent over was a real hack. He was flat out wrong on 4 of the 10 things they requested, but I still had to hire a "certified" plumber and electrician to refute the inspector and show I was well within code. They then sent the same inspector back for the "reinspection," and I showed him all the repairs were made or documented that they were in code.
If I had to do it all over again I would of had a good inspector come ahead of the process and fix anything that might be an issue to include any mold testing and mitigation. I had mold in some of the rafters of my attic and it was not active. Spay anything suspect with some water and bleech.
The folks I dealt with at FedEx couldn't have been nicer or more professional. It was the head of the Relocation Department and Serva that made it painful.