They've Moved Away

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They've Moved Away
	We are selling a house in PA, just moved 6 hours away to Ohio. Our real estate agent insists we have to drive all the way back to PA to sign the paperwork on closing. When my sister sold a house long distant her agent sent the paperwork overnight thru the mail, then they overnighted it back. Do we have that option?

	Unless you're already dealing with the managing broker in that office, call and talk with the agent's supervisor. A more experienced broker should know how to arrange things so that you don't have to go back. Did you have a lawyer in Pennsylvania? A phone call to an attorney there should clear things up. It's certainly possible to sign a deed and have it properly notarized without making the trip back. But you'd want some representation at the closing.
	Edith Originally published on September 10, 2007

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