During the buyer’s due diligence period, your job as the seller is simple to state and easy to get wrong: give access, answer honestly, and leave the property’s condition alone until closing or directed contractually to make repairs. Most of the mistakes sellers make in this window come from good intentions, like fixing something quietly instead of disclosing it.
What due diligence actually covers
Due diligence is the stretch after your home goes under contract where the buyer inspects it, researches it, and decides whether to move forward. In most Las Vegas contracts it runs somewhere in the 10 to 15 day range, spelled out in the purchase agreement itself.
You already did your part of this before you accepted the offer. The Seller’s Real Property Disclosure you filled out is what the buyer’s inspector is checking your home against right now.
Giving access without getting in the way
Inspectors, appraisers, and sometimes the buyer themselves are going to want into your home during this window. Your agent coordinates the scheduling, but you are the one who actually has to clear out for each visit.
Keep the utilities on. A pool pump that is mysteriously off or a water heater that is shut down during an inspection reads as something being hidden, even when it is not.
What not to touch during this window
Do not start the project you have been putting off. A patched roof leak or a repainted ceiling changes what the inspector finds against what you already disclosed, and that gap becomes its own problem.
Leave the pool equipment, the HVAC, and anything else already on your disclosure exactly as it is. If something breaks on its own during this period, tell your agent right away instead of quietly fixing it.
If a request for repairs shows up
Most inspections turn something up. A request for repairs is normal, not a sign the deal is falling apart.
You have real choices here: make the repair, offer a credit instead, or decline and see if the buyer still wants to move forward. Your agent negotiates it, but the decision is yours to make.
What happens if you do not cooperate
Refusing reasonable access, or sitting on something you already know about the property, can put the whole contract at risk. Nevada leans on sellers to disclose what they actually know, and that duty does not end the day you sign the disclosure form.
If anything changes about the property once you are under contract, tell your agent so the disclosure gets updated before it turns into a dispute after closing.
Simple summary
During due diligence, your job as the seller is access, honesty, and hands off the property’s condition until closing. Let the inspections happen, answer questions straight, and loop your agent in the moment anything changes.
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