• Transaction Broker vs Single Agent in Florida: Transaction Step 3,Rebecca Redman-Hamaoui

    Transaction Broker vs Single Agent in Florida: Transaction Step 3

    Somewhere between the third showing in Horizon West and the offer you finally sit down to write, most buyers assume the agent beside them is legally on their side. In Florida, that is not automatically true — and the difference has nothing to do with how hard your agent works or how much you like th

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  • Florida Buyer Broker Agreements: Transaction Step 2,Rebecca Redman-Hamaoui

    Florida Buyer Broker Agreements: Transaction Step 2

    If you have decided to buy in Central Florida this fall, there is a document you will sign before you ever walk through a front door. Not the contract. Not the disclosure packet. A buyer broker agreement — the paperwork that settles who is working for you and what that work costs. Step 1 in this ser

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  • Florida Real Estate, Defined: Effective Date and Closing Date,Rebecca Redman-Hamaoui

    Florida Real Estate, Defined: Effective Date and Closing Date

    Ask ten buyers in Horizon West when their inspection period starts, and most will say "the day I signed." That answer is wrong often enough to cost people real money — a deposit, a repair credit, sometimes the house. Florida contracts run on dates, and the dates are not intuitive. This is the first

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