Legal Column

Jameson Stone, legal counsel for the Greater Harrisburg Association of REALTORS®, provides a legal column to our membership.

Don’t be a RELWOC

A FSBO, or for Sale by Owner, is objectively a seller who is marketing his/her real estate without the assistance of a licensed real estate broker. Subjectively, we think of a FSBO as cheap and not wise enough to know what he/she does not know about the marketing and sale of real estate. You, my readers… Read On

We Buy Houses

“Need to sell your house fast?” “We buy homes in [your town], PA for cash.” “We buy properties! Divorced? Bankrupt?” “We buy ugly houses.” Sound familiar? You have read these statements on signs on telephone poles, on the internet, and who knows where else. The outfits who post these are also the subject of a number of HotLine calls… Read On