Vision Statement
ERA Real Estate will be the company of choice for customers and agents because ERA® sales associates are ethical, forward-thinking and results-oriented professionals who take a proactive approach to real estate. Therefore, agents can be sure they'll have the best tools and training to accomplish any job.
Consumers will have total confidence that they are dealing with a consummate professional demonstrating the highest level of service and integrity.
The ERA® Commitment to Service is our promise to sellers, in writing, to make every effort to sell your house. As part of the Commitment to Service ERA Members agree to:
- Prepare a good-faith estimate of your home
- Conduct a preliminary qualification of prospective buyers
- Assist in arranging affordable financing
- Make a comparative study of your home
- Offer application assistance to qualified buyers
- Contact you regularly to report the selling progress of your home
- Review your competitive selling position every 30 days
- Where available, offer a one-year Home Protection Plan for ERA to the buyer of your home
- Provide information on Seller Protection Plan coverage
- Supply information regarding our Seller's Security Plan
- Photograph your home for marketing and promotional use
- Submit a photo of your home for Internet listing
- Provide you with a national referral service to assist you in finding a home in another community while your home is being sold
The Commitment to Service is a complete guarantee that we will make every effort to sell your house. It is a real demonstration of our statement that ERA professionals are "Always There For You.™". Contact ERA Rath, REALTORS® today and learn more about our Commitment to Service and many other reasons for listing your home with ERA.
Representing the Sellers
Most sellers of real estate choose to list their home for sale with a real estate brokerage. When they do so, they sign a listing agreement that authorizes the brokerage and the listing agent to represent their interests. As the seller’s agent, the brokerage and listing agent must: follow the seller’s lawful instructions, be loyal to the seller, promote the seller’s best interests, disclose material facts to the seller, maintain confidential information, act with reasonable skill and care, and account for any money they handle in the transaction. In rare circumstances, a listing broker may offer “subagency” to other brokerages, which would also represent the seller’s interests and owe the seller these same duties.
Representing Buyers
When purchasing real estate, buyers usually choose to work with a real estate agent as well. Often the buyers want to be represented in the transaction. This is referred to as buyer’s agency. A brokerage and agent that agree to represent a buyer’s interest in a transaction must: follow the buyer’s lawful instructions, be loyal to the buyer, promote the buyer’s best interests, disclose material facts to the buyer, maintain confidential information, and account for any money they handle in the transaction.
Fair Housing Statement
It is illegal, pursuant to the Ohio Fair Housing Law, division (H) of Section 4112.02 of the Revised Code and the Federal Fair Housing Law, 42 U.S.C.A. 3601, to refuse to sell, transfer, assign, rent, lease, sublease or finance housing accommodations, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of housing accommodations, or otherwise deny or make unavailable housing accommodations because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status as defined in Section 4112.01 of the Revised Code, ancestry, military status as defined in that section, disability as defined in that section, or national origin or to so discriminate in advertising the sale or rental of housing, in the financing of housing, or in the provision of real estate brokerage services. It is also illegal, for profit, to induce or attempt to induce a person to sell or rent a dwelling by representations regarding the entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons belonging to one of the protected classes.