What I can do for you as your real estate professional:

Provide you the most comprehensive support using a wealth of resources
Provide comprehensive counseling
Provide you with copies of required disclosure forms
Help select & show you homes based on your criteria
Provide you guidance for financial arrangements and pre-approval
Continue to follow-thru with you through the full process
Discuss home styles, availability, location, and any specific features that you desire
Utilize up-to-the minute technology to research & locate all homes to meet your needs & wants
Stay in constant communication with you throughout the process
Provide expert market information to help you get the best value
Provide information on properties currently for sale including “For Sale by Owner” and New Homes
Discuss the benefits/drawbacks of homes under consideration in relation to your specific needs
Provide you with an estimate of closing costs
Check MRIS daily for new listings that meet your criteria
Preview homes that fulfill your criteria to save you valuable time
Prepare and take you on a tour of homes that meet your criteria
Make all arrangement to show you those homes that meet your criteria (appointment to show)
Be available to answer any questions
Provide a comprehensive market analysis on the property you are considering
Prepare the contract of sale and explain each detail to you
Provide copies to you of all documents involved
Negotiate on your behalf
Provide you with a checklist for moving once the contract is ratified
Assist with the coordination of necessary inspections of the property
Accompany you on those inspections
Review inspection report and negotiate as necessary
Assist with removal of contingencies
Order termite inspection
Review HUD statement with you prior to settlement
Accompany you to final walk-thru
Confirm with you the time, date, and location of settlement
Accompany you to settlement
Follow up with you after settlement to see that all is well in your new home

What to expect from your agent:

Care – The agent must exercise her skill and expertise in the buyer’s behalf. This would include identifying a suitable home, evaluate property value and condition, identify financing alternatives and assist making offers and counteroffers with the buyer’s interest in mind.

Obedience – The agent is obligated to act in good faith, following the buyer’s legal and ethical instructions in accordance with the contract. Your agent will try to guide you in directions she knows to be successful, however, decisions concerning your transaction are made by you.

Accountability – Your agent must keep you apprised of all monies affecting the transaction. Your earnest money deposit must be placed in an escrow account within two business days.

Loyalty – This duty includes confidentiality concerning the buyer’s personal affairs and requires the agent to place the principal’s above those of all others who are involved in a transaction. The agent must be sensitive to possible conflicts of interest.

Disclosure – The agent will keep the buyer informed of all properties and material facts that she knows. She will disclose any defects or deficiencies in the property or contract, seller’s motivations and help derive an appropriate offer price, regardless of listed asking price.

Preparation – Sellers will not accept an offer from someone who does not demonstrate financial capacity to complete the transaction. This means that you have, in hand, a letter from a lender stating the loan amount for which you are approved. A letter of qualification or pre-qualification is not a substitute for a letter of approval.

Decisiveness – Your agent depends on you to describe the home you want to buy. If you can't define it, she can't find it for you. Each real estate property is unique. When you find the home that meets your requirements, make an offer. If you hesitate, it may be gone "tomorrow."

Loyalty – Your agent is responsible for representing you and helping you find the home of your choice. You may like the first home she shows you but it may require looking at three or four more. You are expected to work with that agent as long as it takes or until you tell her you want to work with someone else. If you attend an Open House without your agent, you should tell the agent at the Open House that you are working with an agent, the name of the agent and the office with which she is associated.

Exclusivity – You cannot work effectively with more than one agent at a time. Your agent will want to know if you do not intend to work only with her. She will probably prefer to work with clients who agree to work exclusively with her.

Determination – If you don't succeed in buying the first home on which you place an offer, look for another one.

Compensation – If you choose to buy a home that is marketed through the Multiple Listing Service, your agent will be compensated from the proceeds of the transaction as discussed above. If you choose to buy a home that is marketed For Sale By Owner, FSBO, you will want to be prepared to factor into the offer the compensation for the Buyer's Agent.