LOLLY BURNS & ASSOC REAL EST

I do not recommend using this realtor. This realtor will not bother to inform potential buyers that a house lacks windstorm certification. She mentions the certification in the advertisement when the home does have the certification. BUYERS BEWARE of buying a home without the windstorm certification as your lender requires you to have windstorm insurance in the coastal counties. A house that is not certified can double or triple your insurance rates. We entered into a contract with her seller and then found out about the need for certification, now they are refusing to return our earnest money. BEWARE of a REALTOR that does not discuss windstorm insurance. You will find yourself locked in a contract and paying thousands of dollars each year for the insurance.

Seller Disclosure
If a condition could reasonably affect the decision by an ordinary buyer to buy or not buy, then it should be disclosed, even if the conveyance is to be made "as is." That may mean going beyond the Seller's Disclosure of Property Condition if that form does not provide sufficient scope or detail. Failure to do so could violate the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act ("DTPA"). See Tex. Bus. & Com. Code §§ 17.41 et seq. However tempting it may be for a seller to avoid disclosure of a material fact or condition, it is not worth risking a lawsuit that ends with a judgment for treble damages plus attorney's fees.