I AM COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU AND ON YOUR BEHALF DURING YOUR HOME SALES PROCESS.

Together with Long and Foster Real Estate, we will represent you to the highest degree of standard.
I  will conduct extensive research of your property to ensure that you have the necessary information to make informed decisions. Such research includes:  

• Thorough Inspection of Your Property to Determine Value and Marketability
• Sales Prices of Comparable Properties
• Listing Prices of Comparable Properties
• Current Mortgage
• Annual Utility or Maintenance of Property Figures
• An Estimate of Your Net Proceeds
• Tax Records
• Tax Map and/or Plat Information

MY SERVICES

CODE OF ETHICS

• In accepting employment as an agent, the licensee shall protect and promote the interests of the client. This obligation of absolute fidelity to the client’s interest is primary, but it does not relieve the licensee from his statutory obligations towards the other parties to the transaction.
• In justice to those who place their interests in his care, the licensee shall endeavor always to be informed regarding laws, proposed legislation, governmental orders, and other essential information and public policies which affect those interests.
• A licensee may not accept compensation from more than one party to a transaction without the full knowledge of all the parties.
• The licensee may not acquire an interest in, or purchase, for himself, for any member of his immediate family, for his firm, for any member of the firm, or for any entity which he has any ownership interest, property listed with him or his firm without making his true position known to the listing owner. In selling or leasing property in which property in which he, his firm or any member of his immediate family or his firm has an ownership interest in writing to all parties to the transaction.
• When acting as agent in the management of property, the licensee may not accept any commission, rebate, or profit on expenditures made for an owner without the owner’s knowledge and consent.
• The licensee may not undertake to make an appraisal that is outside the field of his experience, unless he obtains the assistance of an expert on such types of property, or discloses his lack of experience to the client. If an expert is engaged, the licensee shall identify him to the client and inform the client of his contribution to the assignment.
• When asked to make a formal appraisal of real property, the licensee may not render an opinion without careful inspection of the property and a thorough analysis of all factors affecting the value of the property. The licensee may not undertake to make an appraisal or render an opinion of value on any property in which he has a present or contemplated interest. The licensee may not make a formal appraisal when his employment or fee is contingent upon the amount of his appraisal.
• The licensee may not submit or advertise property without authority. In any offering, the price quoted may not be other than that agreed upon with the owners as the offering price.
• If more than one formal written offer on a specific property is made before the owner has accepted an offer, all formal written offers presented to the licensee, whether by a prospective purchaser or another broker, shall be transmitted to the owner for his decision.
• Unexcused failure to ensure that a prospective purchaser has the real property disclosure statement or disclaimer statement in hand before the submission of an offer to purchase may be considered a violation of the licensee’s obligation to protect and promote the interests of the licensee’s client when this failure could result in a contract becoming void or voidable.
• The licensee shall keep informed of matters affecting real estate in his community, the State and the nation.
• The licensee shall be informed on current market conditions in order to be in a position to advise clients as to the fair market place.
• The licensee shall protect the public against fraud, misrepresentation or unethical practices in the real estate field; shall endeavor to eliminate in his community any practices that could be damaging to the public or to the dignity and integrity of the real estate profession. The licensee shall assist the commission charged with regulating the practices of brokers and salesmen in this State.
• The licensee shall make a reasonable effort to ascertain all material facts concerning every property for which he accepts the agency, so that he may fulfill his obligation to avoid error, exaggeration, misrepresentation, or concealment of material facts.
• The licensee, acting as agent, may not discriminate in the sale, rental, leasing, trading, or transferring of property to any person or group of persons because of race color, creed, religion, national origin or sex.
• The licensee may not be a party of a false consideration in any document.
• The licensee, in his advertising shall be especially careful to present a true picture. A broker may not advertise without disclosing his name or the company name as it appears on the license. A broker may not permit his salesman to use individual names or telephone numbers, unless the salesman’s connection with the broker is obvious in the advertisement.
• For the protection of all parties with whom he deals, the licensee shall see to it that financial obligations and commitments regarding real estate transactions are in writing, expressing the exact agreement of the parties, and that copies of these agreements are placed in the hands of all parties involved within a reasonable time after the agreements are executed.