Buying & Selling Real Estate
Market News & Data
General Info
Real Estate Strategies
Landlording & Rental Properties
Real Estate Professionals
Financial, Tax, & Legal
Real Estate Classifieds
Reviews & Feedback
Updated almost 4 years ago,
Dispute with realtor
Hello BP members,
I purchased a 3 bedroom house for rental with cash and just finished the rehab. However, it turns out during the rental inspection that this house can be only listed as 2 bedrooms because one small room does not meet the requirement of habitable space. It was listed as 3 bedroom house in MLS when I purchased it. I complained about this to my realtor and the seller's agent, but they say that the house has been historically listed as 3 bedroom house and showed me the previous MLS listings of this house. (Interestingly, the MLS listing indicates that there are 1 bedroom upstairs and 2 bedroom on main floor, however, this house actually has 2 bedroom upstairs and 1 bedroom on main floor. )
Because of the inspection result, I cannot rent it out or sell it as 3 bedroom house anymore. There is no space to add more room in this house, and even if there is, it will cost a lot to add one more room in this house.
Is there anything that I can do in this situation?
Thank you,
Chang