Not quite sure if I should be posting this here or in the real estate section.
We are trying to purchase a property at Arenas De Bavaro with an un-cooperative agent.
After seeing the property with agent, we decided to go back to the complex to take a look around by ourselves to see how the place looked in the evening and we came across one of the owners who after a long strange conversation told us there were some problems with the current condominium management.
We asked agent about the problems this person described and he assured us that it is just a problem owner in the complex and there is nothing to worry about. We asked to see the bylaws and he says they are private documents and cannot be handed to me before my purchase. But if there isn?t any problems why can?t I just take a look at the bylaws or the last meeting minutes?
I decided to work with another agents, but he refused to meet them for showings with us. I called him to ask him if he could work with other agents and to please return their calls, but he says he will not split his commission with them because of their bad ethics and claims he has complete exclusivity over Arenas De Bavaro. He also says if we buy we must use his lawyer, who apparently also seems to be sharing office space with him at his office.
At this point I am absolutely disappointed, I invested in two trips for the purpose of buying an apartment in Corteseto and am met with one obstacle after another before buying this apartment and am beginning to think it is a bad sign.
We chose this agent because he had real estate experience in the U.S. and assured us he was above the other agents are in Punta Cana and their bad ethics, but refusing to sell an apartment unless it is under his conditions with his lawyer does not make him very professional or ethical really!!
Sorry to go on with this, but my question is basically to know if I can or not get a copy of the bylaws and the minutes of the last meeting. Is this really illegal to look at before the purchase? And must we use the lawyer assigned by the agency. Would like to know for future reference.
We are trying to purchase a property at Arenas De Bavaro with an un-cooperative agent.
After seeing the property with agent, we decided to go back to the complex to take a look around by ourselves to see how the place looked in the evening and we came across one of the owners who after a long strange conversation told us there were some problems with the current condominium management.
We asked agent about the problems this person described and he assured us that it is just a problem owner in the complex and there is nothing to worry about. We asked to see the bylaws and he says they are private documents and cannot be handed to me before my purchase. But if there isn?t any problems why can?t I just take a look at the bylaws or the last meeting minutes?
I decided to work with another agents, but he refused to meet them for showings with us. I called him to ask him if he could work with other agents and to please return their calls, but he says he will not split his commission with them because of their bad ethics and claims he has complete exclusivity over Arenas De Bavaro. He also says if we buy we must use his lawyer, who apparently also seems to be sharing office space with him at his office.
At this point I am absolutely disappointed, I invested in two trips for the purpose of buying an apartment in Corteseto and am met with one obstacle after another before buying this apartment and am beginning to think it is a bad sign.
We chose this agent because he had real estate experience in the U.S. and assured us he was above the other agents are in Punta Cana and their bad ethics, but refusing to sell an apartment unless it is under his conditions with his lawyer does not make him very professional or ethical really!!
Sorry to go on with this, but my question is basically to know if I can or not get a copy of the bylaws and the minutes of the last meeting. Is this really illegal to look at before the purchase? And must we use the lawyer assigned by the agency. Would like to know for future reference.
