• 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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  • How to Get Mortgage-Ready in Florida: Transaction Step 1,Rebecca Redman-Hamaoui

    How to Get Mortgage-Ready in Florida: Transaction Step 1

    Welcome to a new series on the Bella Trae Realty blog. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we are going to walk the Florida real estate transaction from beginning to end — one step, one document, one piece of jargon at a time. Mondays and Wednesdays follow the deal in order, from the first lender con

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