What is a closing and what do I need to bring?
Closing is when you sign all the documents related to the transaction. There can be as many as 10 or 12 people in attendance, including the closing agent, listing real estate agent, selling real estate agent, their respective brokers, buyer’s attorney, seller’s attorney, sellers, and loan officer. In our office, we try to put the sellers and their entourage in a separate room for a number of reasons. Since a number of matters regarding the buyers’ finances will be discussed, we do not believe that others should be able to listen in on that information. It can be intimidating to have 10 strangers looking at you when you have questions you want to ask. We feel it is important for the buyers to be comfortable enough to ask any question which comes to mind. It is also difficult for the buyers to hear the explanations given by the closing agent when there are numerous other conversations going on in the same room. We feel it is important for the buyers to hear and understand everything whic
