Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Michigan

We bought a house in Michigan. The original contract dated 7/21 stated that we would close on Aug 2, 2010 and would take possession on Sept 1,2010. That contract date expired and we signed an amendment that only stated that we would close on/by Sept 4, 2010. It didn't give a possession date. The realtor that we were using was acting both as the buyer's and seller's agent. We closed on the house on Sept 1, 2010. The seller claims that the realtor told him he had 30 days to vacate but that was never told to us at any point. We had been after the realtor for a specific closing date as school starts there on Sept 7, 2010 and he knew we needed to be in the house by then due to residency requirements. The realtor is now avoiding us. Do we really have to give the sellers 30 days rent free and sit and wait for them to vacate? Apparently the realtor told the sellers one thing and then never told us anything. Had we known there would be a delay like this we would have never bought the house. We are currently living in Northern KY so we cannot finallize any of our moving plans because the sellers said today that they will get out within the next 30 days.

Asked on 9/04/10, 1:00 pm

Timothy Klisz Klisz Law Office, PLLC

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It will be clearly spelled out in your purchase agreement. Read that and you will know who is correct. kliszlaw.com. Tim Klisz

Answered on 9/09/10, 5:23 pm

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