Check out these one-page, consumer-friendly guides designed to be given directly to inquiring buyers and sellers. These resources are part of our ongoing campaign to help clarify the home-buying and home-selling process for consumers.

We hope this series of resources is helpful as you begin to navigate your buying and selling journey. 

Please reach out to a member of the Oak Park Area Association of REALTORS® for further assistance.

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Why am I Being Asked to Sign a Written Buyers Agreement

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: REALTORS® Duty to Put Client Interests Above Their Own

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Open Houses and Written Agreements

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: What Veterans Need to Know About Buying a Home

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Negotiating Written Buyer Agreements

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Seller Concessions 

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Multiple Listing Services (MLS) 

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Fair Housing 

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Listing Agreements

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Ten Questions to Ask A Buyer’s Agent

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Buying Your First Home

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Mortgages and Financing

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Steps Between Signing and Closing on a Home

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Agency and Non-Agency Relationships

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: The Appraisal Process

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Home Inspections

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Offers of Compensation

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Homeowners Insurance

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Flood Insurance

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Fire Damage and Policy Coverage

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Escrow and Earnest Money

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Preparing for Homeownership

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Seller Disclosures

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Marketing Your Home

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Homeowners Associations

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Navigating Multiple Offers

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Alternative Listing Options

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Deeds and Titles

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Buying Land and Building a New Home

Click HERE for Consumer Guide: Understanding & Protecting Yourself from Title Fraud

If you would like to download the Spanish version of the above Consumer Guides, you can do so on the facts.realtor website.

Click HERE for the Illinois REALTOR® Consumer Guide to Written Buyer Brokerage Agreements in Illinois

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