Also, most disclosures can't be seen on those sites, so something that has foundation/structural issues vs not?

I've tried looking up the potential liability of a Salesperson in the line of doing normal work.There are a number of tricky things, especially here in NYC.Just to give a clear example, let's say your client is a Buyer and you are showing him a Property built in 1960.According to the the EPA, the Buyer should be presented with a Lead Paint Disclosure when purchasing any property built prior to 1978.If a Buyer never receives this disclosure, buys the property, then later discovers there was Lead Paint, then sues.... who can he sue?

Yes you are representing the seller in your scenario and giving them a better offer but unless there is full disclosure to the other bidders, I have a hard time agreeing with the way you are suggesting it.

I was told by the realtor that this home is in need of updating but nothing major in the sellers disclosure.  

You can get that information from any website that accesses the public records like Zillow or Realtor.com (ignoring non-disclosure states).Agents have to search for homes and decide which ones are comparable.

Also, to my knowledge, we are the only ones who can see current and old property disclosures unless we share those, so that's really helpful to know if they disclosed old structural issues or anything of the sort!

Good afternoon BP!  I could really use your help here.My name is Ed and I joined as a Pro member this year to push my real estate education into high gear prior to making my first investment purchase.  In the meantime...

For now, the legalization has no effect on these rules and any house with pot plants will still be a latent defect and will require a remediation report and electrical inspection.I’m sure this will eventually change, but that can only happen if real estate counsel changes their current property disclosure rules.

Now you have specific contracts to use disclosures to review a whole different process than new home construction.  

Not a disclosure, rider, etc apparently, but a 'Counteroffer' that seller is an agent.Is this CalBRE-compliant?