If you sign an exclusive agent agreement with our team to represent you as a buyer, you have the right to our complete fiduciary responsibility. If no agreement is in place you still have the right to expect complete honesty and integrity from us. See Real Estate agency and You to better understand the concept of agency.

You may not have thought about why you need a buyer’s agent to represent you, even if you are dealing with For Sale By Owner properties. Here is an explanation about Why Buyers Need An Agent.

In addition to making sure that Michigan Real Estate Law is followed. there are several things that you should expect from your agent.

You have the right to be informed on any occasion where we are acting in a dual agent capacity - representing both the sellers and you as the buyer. This will occur whenever we may show you a property that is listed by our broker. As a dual agent. we cannot perform to the level of complete fiduciary responsibility for either you or the seller; however, you are still entitled to complete honesty and integrity from us, even in that capacity.

You should expect that we will make every effort to keep you apprised of any and all houses within the market area that you have specified that meet your criteria. We will do searches at least twice a week for any “New” listings that meet the criteria that you have specified. We may set up an automated search for you that will send you an email anytime a new listing comes on the market that meets your criteri

You have the right to be shown any house that you may wish to see. We will not try to “steer” you towards specific neighborhoods or houses or discriminate against you in any way for any reason. However, you have an obligation of honesty to share with us information about your financial position. You should expect that we will ask you to pursue a mortgage loan pre-approval which will help us narrow the search and facilitate and speed up the purchase offer process. We will try not to waste your time and the time of the sellers looking at houses upon which you cannot afford to make a valid offer.

You should expect honest and knowledgeable real estate advice from us concerning any questions that you may have about the properties that we show you.  You should also expect that we will inform you if the areas that you have questions about are outside of our realm of knowledge. In that case we will try to recommend a course of action to get the answers to your questions or to put you in touch with professionals with the knowledge to answer the questions.

You should expect that we will help you create, and then promptly deliver, any and all offers for property that you may wish to make. Further you have the right to expect that we will negotiate on your behalf to obtain the best possible price, terms and conditions. But, the final decision on any and all of these is yours.

You should expect that we will stay engaged with you completely through the closing process to make sure that everything goes as smoothly as possible and to help resolve any issues that arise prior to closing.

We will help you avoid post the pitfalls that can occur after you get an offer accepted, too.