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What We Are
EXCLUSIVELY FOR BUYERS
Sage operates beyond the typical buyer agency rules:
- confidentiality
- full disclosure
- accurate accounting
- the all-important requirement that they do what you tell them to do (obedience)
Sage only represents buyers and has developed practices, procedures, forms and attitudes tailored just for buyers
We will show you all available homes, point out their features (good and bad), provide financing advice and submit the offer in the best light for you. A listing agent cannot even tell you whether the seller would accept a lower price – you have a right to know that!
What We Do For You
With Sage, you get top quality service from a skilled Realtor® who is a licensed broker, trained real estate attorney and specialist in representing buyers.
This means:
- Absolute confidentiality and conflict-free advice
- Home search techniques of the highest caliber – on par or exceeding those of the national companies
- Full disclosure of our compensation for each property
- Your right to terminate the contract at ANY TIME
- Personal, attentive service emphasizing YOUR interests above everything else
- Clear and honest explanations of the entire process
- Experienced and skilled negotiation techniques during the offer and acceptance phase and
- Careful attention to the details up until, through and after the closing.
What We Aren’t
NO DUAL AGENCY
Many companies whose agents are permitted to practice what is called “dual agency” tell you there is no problem with their agents being on both sides of the transaction. Except that the duties of full disclosure and confidentiality are in direct conflict. Which one do they choose? Do they tell the seller that you need to move by year-end? Won’t that affect the price?
TRUE CONFLICT – FREE REPRESENTATION
If you sign up with a large company, the house you go to see may be listed with one of their agents. A friend of your agent, perhaps. Or maybe the listing agent also may want to represent you. This is very likely not a benefit for you. A recent survey found that most home buyers felt this was a potential conflict of interest and might hurt them. We know that can happen – we have seen it. Don’t let that happen to you. Call Sage for conflict-free help.
Why You Should Care
Possibly the single largest investment of a person’s life is the purchase of a home. Yet most people know less about the qualifications of the person being paid to guide them through this process than they do about their child’s preschool teacher or their accountant. Instead, they select the listing agent, the person who is distantly related to them or their neighbor, or the person whose yard sign they last saw in the neighborhood.
At a MINIMUM, you need to know:
- did the person helping you to spend your hard earned money graduate from high school?
- has he or she adopted the industry standard code of ethics?
- do they work full time at this job?
- do they have a good number of satisfied, returning clients?
There are thousands of agents out there that don’t meet these minimum standards.
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