Seller's reaction @ closing table

Seller's reaction @ closing table

Metairie, LA · Member since 2008 · 165 posts · 1 vote

A wholesaler friend of mine recently wholesaled a double for a cool $30k. When he went to the closing, w/ the end buyer and the title co. person said the amount that the buyer was picking it up for, the seller immediately got angry, looked at my friend and said..
" You mean he(the end buyer) is getting it for $40k when I signed the contract to this guy(my friend) for $10k?" anyway, the end buyer told the guy it was an assignment fee and the $10k was what he agreed upon. My question is: How do you guys handle this situation? I talked to a title co. that can wire the assignment fee to my checking acct. but if I had to go to the table, how is this handled? to be honest, i'd be a bit miffed if i was a seller who contracted at one price and it got sold for another..i don't plan on doing double closings btw.. any help is appreciated

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  • Real Estate Investor · Vero Beach, FL · Member since 2008 · 268 posts · 89 votes
    18y

    Tell the seller up front what your intentions are. That you may make a huge profit.

    Tell the seller that you may not be the person that he closes with that you have financial partners.

    Be up front.

  • Real Estate Investor · Reading, PA · Member since 2008 · 227 posts · 7 votes
    18y

    With a double close there should always be a seperation of church & state so to speak. Discretion is always key. But being up front with the seller is helpful as well.

  • Real Estate Investor · lagrange, GA · Member since 2008 · 46 posts · 0 votes
    18y

    I always wondered about that type of situation, the seller agreed on the asking price but they need to know your intentions so that they are comfortable with that, there getting what they signed the contract for so i don't think they would mind since they did agree on the set price at signing, but on the other hand if they did not know your intentions on making a profit off them, it might be a good idea to be ready for a bar room brawl at the closing table....lol

  • Real Estate Investor · Reading, PA · Member since 2008 · 227 posts · 7 votes
    18y

    I did a wholesale last weekand collected my fee at the close table. (I usually collect all of my fees BEFORE colse) Due to the above conversation I did ask the end buyer to use discression and asked him to wait until the seller left the room/building befor he brought out my check for the property.
    Everything went smoothly because everyone was on the same page.

    Robin

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