Home Exchange Agreements / Contracts
I was somewhat disappointed to read a post this morning on another home exchange blog referencing an email the author had received from a New York home exchanger requesting information about putting together a ‘Home Exchange Contract’— or as we call it—’Agreement’.
ExchangeHomes.com offers templates for Home Exchange Agreements, Car Exchange Agreements and a Home Exchange ‘Book’ in both PDF and MS Word formats, as, I’m sure do most of the major home exchange organizations. What’s so disappointing is that most of our members never explore the goodies that are available for them to utilize, and I guess it’s the same for members of other clubs as well.
Agreements / Contracts seem to be a hot issue at the moment because recently I’ve repeatedly been discussing their importance with members. Just last weekend a lady who has been an ExchangeHomes.com for twenty years admitted to me that she has never utilized an Agreement and also that she had no idea she could download a template from the website.
The ExchangeHomes.com templates can be reached by clicking >> Here or, anyone on the website can click the Help Center link, then Sample Forms and Agreements under the Miscellaneous sub-heading.
The importance of using a Home Exchange Agreement was also the subject of a recent post— Finalizing Your Exchange.
I hear from a lot of members who steadfastly believe them to be unnecessary, but as I’ve been explaining to those I’ve had conversations with recently, I’ve yet to hear of an exchange that encountered problems following the completion and signing of an Agreement. Okay— it’s probably not a legal document, but it serves to gather together every important point and issue that arose during the process of arranging the exchange; all those little details that spanned numerous emails, and several phone conversations. Everything is laid out in one document. It also acts as a final buffer against anyone who may possibly renege at the last moment.
As I point out to our members, if the person they are negotiating with is opposed to signing an Agreement, ask them why, and if they persist in not signing they should contact us immediately.
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