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Arms Length Sale

  Why would a buyerseller do a at arms length sale? what are the benefits/cons of this type of sale?
 
  An arm's length sale is simply a sale between two strangers, each trying to do the best for themselves.  Most real estate sales are arm's length. 
What wouldn't be arm'slength is, for example, a sale from a mother to her son, or a boss to an employee.  For those transactions, the price might not reflect true market value, because the relationship might make a difference.
    Edith
Originally published on October 10, 2007
 
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