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Stay out of hot
water. Retain A Home 4Sale, Inc. to
Represent You, Exclusively, in the
Purchase of Your Choice of Real Estate.
Before you embark on the complex
journey toward Home Buying Learn the Rules of the Road.
Most prudent home buyers engage a real estate agent prior to
actually looking at homes.
In Virginia, Real Estate Agents
can Represent You Exclusively (Single Agency). It doesn't take
a rocket scientist to know that when you go home buying you want
100% representation from your Real Estate Professional 100% of the
time. No Changing Hats!.
However, here is a word of
caution...
In the event you want to buy
one of the homes that the real estate company your buyer agent has
"Listed" your sales person may ask you to
accept a Dual Agency Relationship, This is when the sales
associate tries to Represent Both You and a Seller in the same
transaction (Dual Agency). Can one agent serve the best
interest of two opposing sides? Buying a home is no different
than any other transaction; the Seller wants the highest possible
price and best terms and the Buyer wants the lowest possible price
and best terms.
Buyer
Beware!
A Dual Agency can legally exist
when the Buyer and Seller give their
informed consent to such an
arrangement. Dual Agents are supposedly able to represent both
parties interests, but are not allowed to counsel or advise either
Buyer client or Seller client in the even that counsel or advice
would adversely affect the other. In other words, dual agents are
not allowed to negotiate for either side and must, by agreement,
remain neutral; But they do know all the financial information and
Motives of both sides. Could this knowledge ever be used
against a Buyer to drive the purchase price up or erode a Buyer's
terms? After all, If the price goes up the agent and the
company receive higher commissions! And by the way, if the
dual agent doesn't provide the same level of services to either
party, as originally agreed, is the fee the same? All too often
Buyers and Sellers receive discount services at full
price.
An alternative solution in
the event you choose NOT to accept the severe limitations of
service that Dual Agency imposes, You could have the Company's
Principal Broker Appoint or Designate a different sales associate to
work with you (Designated Agency). Once again this form of
Agency requires your informed consent. Designated
Agency also has some limitations. One of the caveats of
designated agency is that the sales person who has been designated
to work with you may have previously acquired information about the
seller's financial situation and/or motives for selling. This
sales person would, by law, be unable to share this perhaps useful
information with you.
A Home 4Sale,
Inc. highly recommends that when you want to stay out of
hot water engage a Real Estate Professional to help you buy a
home and insist on Exclusive Buyer Agency. 100% Buyer
Representation.
Exclusive Buyer
Representatives are best. Not only are they required by law to
represent your interest rather than the seller's, they do not have
the potential for conflicts of interest you find with ordinary
agents who work with buyers and Sellers in the same at real estate
Transaction. (Get a copy of our guide for home buyers for more
information regarding agency relationships and how to select a real
estate professional. Click on the "Contact Us" link on this page.)
A Home 4Sale, Inc. Exclusive Buyer
Representatives compile sales records on recent transactions
involving homes similar to the home you are contemplating buying and
make recommendations regarding pricing. If they find that it is
not correctly priced, they can suggest a more realistic price
and together you plan an offer strategy that best suits your goals.
Once your offer is placed into contract form, your Exclusive
Buyer Representative represents your interests alone in
negotiations with the seller or seller's representative.
A Home 4Sale, Inc. strongly suggests a
home inspection. A home inspector checks the house before you
make the final decision to purchase the property. A home
inspector makes sure that all the major systems in the house are
functioning properly. This includes, but in not limited to, the
plumbing, heating, cooling electrical, and roofing systems.
A home inspector can also check for sound structural integrity
and proper grading of a yard to ensure correct water
drainage.
Working out an agreement with the seller for
the repair or replacement of items noted in a home inspection is
where an Exclusive Buyer Representative can save a home buyer
aggravation and money.
Helping home buyers get the most from
lender mortgage programs is another way your A Home 4Sale, Inc.
Exclusive Buyer Representative can assist you.
The tasks of finding mortgage lenders and
brokers with the most favorable interest rates and lowest loan
processing costs and hiring a home inspector with the proper
credentials and expertise are eased with the help of an Exclusive
Buyer Representative. Generally, several firms that do a reputable
business can be suggested.
As your Exclusive Buyer
Representative, A Home 4Sale, Inc. prepares and structures
your contract offer and prevents many unnecessary and often
avoidable contract complications. In the event an unforeseen
complication should arise in the performance of a contract A
Home 4Sale, Inc. can suggest a consult with a qualified real
estate lawyer. Attorneys can also help clarify contract jargon and
legalese.
Protect yourself when entering the maze of
home buying. Get A Home 4Sale, Inc.on your side.
With Our Exclusive Buyer Representation
Program:
- You receive full representation, all the
way through closing.
- Complete Loyalty without conflicts of
interest.
- True confidentiality regarding your
finances and buying motivations.
- Showing of all available properties.
- Unbiased analysis of past sales data to
determine value.
- Tough negotiating to get you the best
price and terms.
- Complete disclosure of everything we know
or discover about the seller and the seller's property.
- A written " Exclusive Right to Represent"
agreement that protects you by clearly addressing the
expectations, compensation, and performance of buyer and buyer's
representative
Our home-buyer
representatives do receive an up front service retainer
fee. The amount of this retainer fee is credited (returned) to the
buyer when the buyer closes on a home. When you hire one of our
sales associates as your exclusive buyer representative they
work 100% for you. And Unlike many ordinary real estate
firms there is NEVER an administrative processing fee for
your real estate transaction with A Home 4Sale,
Inc.
Please Remember, A
Home 4Sale, Inc. Sales Coordinators
NEVER Practice Dual Agency.
Let's Talk about
your Home Buying Plans before you go looking at homes and
get yourself into something you may later
regret.
Call Us at (540)
548-0500
Email:
ahome4sale@mris.com
OR
Visit
the Contact Us
Page and Use the Convenient
Form.
Save Time, Money, and Needless
Aggravation!
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See only the homes you
want to select...
When You retain A Home
4Sale, Inc. as your Exclusive Buyer Representative there is
no company or sales person pressure to buy any specific
property. Why? Because we NEVER practice Dual
Agency.
We show you more
homes...
Your A
Home 4Sale Inc. Exclusive Buyer Representative
shows you, without bias, not only what is available in the
Metropolitan Regional Information System (MRIS) our Multiple
Listing Service, but also many homes "for sale by owner"
(A.k.a. FiSBO/FSBO, unlisted), some lender foreclosures,
and, when available, HUD and VA acquired
homes.
Buy the Right home for the Right
Price...
Thorough
property research and review of current and historical
information, as provided by our exclusive buyer
representatives, enables you to make an intelligent home
buying decision. Never again will you unknowingly pay too
much for a home.
Your best resource
for complete research is
A
Home 4Sale, Inc.
Represents Real Estate Buyers and
Tenants.
There are a
number of steps a smart real estate buyer must take before
hopping in the car and going home hunting. The first of
which is to get the
Power
Protection
Peace of
Mind
that only
comes from an A Home 4Sale, Inc. Exclusive Buyer
Representative on your side.
Discover the benefits of
retaining your own real estate professional who only has
your best interest in mind. Call or Email today to set up a
time and date for your free home buyer consultation;
remember there is no obligation or cost involved with this
initial consultation.
DISCLOSURE: Many of the
homes our company offers for sale are with owners who have
hired us as an Independent Contractor on a fee for service
basis; which means our firm does not have an Agency
Relationship with them and we are not representing them in
the negotiation or selling of their home. Rather we
simply provide Specified Real Estate Services for a
fee. We usually do not collect any "Confidential"
information from these Sellers so that our Buyer Agency
Services are not compromised.
On
properties where the Sellers have requested our Full Service
or Limited Services plan we do have an Agency Relationship
and in such instances we would not represent a prospective
buyer. Our Company Policy when prospective real estate
buyers approach us to look at these homes for sale is to
offer to show them the homes as Customers. The
definition of a Customer is a person or entity that benefits
from the services and information from a real estate
brokerage without any contractual agreement with that
brokerage firm. By law, Customers must be treated
honestly, and with fair dealing. Should the
prospective buyer be interested in writing a contract
on one of these homes we would assist them as Customers or
refer them to an agency that can represent them
exclusively. DUAL AGENCY is NOT an
option with A Home 4Sale,
Inc.
In the event that none of
these "Full Service Listings" appeal to the prospective
buyer we would at that time extend an offer of our
Exclusive Buyer Agency Service.
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