‘Love Letters’ Pose a Fair Housing Risk for Sellers

In a highly competitive real estate market, it’s not uncommon for buyers to submit letters to sellers saying how much they love the seller’s home and hope the seller will select their offer. However, this carries a big risk for sellers when it’s clear that a rejected buyer is a member of a protected class which, it might surprise you to learn, is most of us. Buyers bear little risk, but it’s something sellers and their agents need to be aware of.

 

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Author: Jim Smith, Broker

Jim Smith is best known for his weekly "Real Estate Today" column published on the Real Estate page of The Denver every Saturday and in 24 metro area weekly newspapers the following Wednesday or Thursday. Individual articles are also published at http://RealEstateToday.substack.com. Over a decade of the columns are archived at www.JimSmithColumns.com.

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