Questions to Ask the Seller of a Rural Home
A ready-to-send message for the listing agent.
Not sure how to contact the seller or what to ask? Pick the type of property and get a ready-to-send message for the listing agent, with the questions that matter in the country: the well, the septic, the road in, the bills and the reasons for selling.
Copy it, add your name, and send it before you schedule a visit or make an offer.
How do you contact the seller, and what do you ask? Pick the type of property and get a ready-to-send message with the questions that matter in the country.
Your message, ready to copy
Got the answers? Check the price against farmland values and the homes we’ve shown.
Run the Price Sanity CheckA list of questions to help you gather facts, not legal advice. Your agent or a real estate attorney can tell you what the seller must disclose in that state.
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Ask for copies of reports and bills, not only answers, and still get your own inspections.
This tool is part of the free AHO Buyer’s Toolkit, a set of tools for people buying an affordable home with land in the United States. For the full checklist before you make an offer, get our free Rural Property Buyer’s Field Guide.