I called a sheriff to do a citizen standby to make sure that the contractor couldn’t follow through on his threats to take a hammer to the job.Feel free to contact me if you’d like to talk about this further and best of luck in getting this resolved.

If a home seller tried to negotiate, an agent would often issue a veiled threat: You won’t find a good seller’s agent to work with you, and buyers’ agents won’t show your house to clients.The Realtors’ hardball tactics succeeded because they operate much of the network that’s crucial to the housing market, such as the database of listings.

After closing when all the problem became apparent their agent disappeared.

Moreover, what people liked about Tulum was its hippie bohemian chic character that is fast disappearing with the huge developments taking place there.

It could either disappear as an opportunity or come back later in your favor or at least with the leverage you should have. 

I think this is actually good for buyers, but will likely result in lower commissions for agents, I think in some ways the biggest change is the fact that buyer agreements have to be signed day one, that will do a few things open up a conversation about commissions and what a buyer wants to pay (keep in mind the buyer can still ask to have thr seller pay a buyers agent much like asking for closing costs assistance) but in that upfront conversation thier will be a negotiation about how much is to be paid, what services will be provided etc. and I believe both that sellers will potentially talk to a few different agents & even if they don’t the threat of that will lead buyers agents to negotiate, the media coverage of this will also drive seller awareness of the ability to negotiate.

I've been pretty lucky that I wasn't ripped off by any Indy contractors (compared to another CA investor who lost $20,000 when her contractor didn't finish the renovation and disappeared).

I had a property on VRBO absolutely rocking and it has *poof* disappeared on the algorithm out of the blue.

As many of us have said all along, outside of the designated rental communities with a long history of permitting and licensing STRs, no city, state, or region should consider itself free from the threat of future municipal regulation. 

If you properly transfer the deed and know what paperwork you need, only #1 is a real threat.