I am trying to buy properties in Michigan, but my real estate agent doesn't return my calls and emails. Is there an easy way to make offers without a real estate agent?
First contact their broker if you are unsatisfied with no phone calls Get another agent but be sure to terminate this brokerage
Sure, you can make an offer yourself, but you will probably screw yourself in the end. There are MANY legalities involved in an offer to purchase. If you do it incorrectly, you could put yourself into a huge mess. Rather than do it yourself, find a different agent.
a; do not do so b; call his/her broker and find out 'what's up? It is possible that either your agent has NO experience in being a BUYERs agent or he/she forgot to get a buyer's agency agreement signed by you [or you were offered one and you said no] available to guide you further NO ONE has to use an agent to make an offer. IT is better to use one as an agent knows stuff YOU don't know!
If you are having trouble with your real estate agent you might consider calling and speaking with your real estate agent's broker. You might request another real estate agent from this office or you may terminate the contract with the broker and his real estate agent. Keep in mind that most real estate agent's contracts have a clause in them that require payment of a commission if this real estate agent introduced you to the seller. Making an offer and presenting an offer could be difficult or easy based on your attention to detail. You might find a local real estate offer as a real estate agent would use. This is a fill in the blanks. You might simply write your offer on a piece of paper outlining your offer price, a date to close the transaction (this is a guess at the highest order and will not close on this date.)If you are obtaining a mortgage loan to purchase the property, the amount of deposit you would be making subtracting this amount from the offer price.Have the seller sign this offer if they accept the offer. Take this signed offer to a local escrow closing agent and a title company to complete the documentation. This is exactly what a real estate agent would do with a signed offer. The escrow closing agent would then prepare escrow instructions, based on the signed offer. If there are additional information or documents needed the escrow closing agent would request them from you or the seller. Between the escrow and the title company, they would make sure the transaction would close based on the local, state and federal laws that would govern real estate transactions. I hope this has been of some benefit to you,good luck. FIGHT ON
