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

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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