HANFRA - Hamptons & North Fork REALTORS® Association members are available to help you buy or sell real estate on Long Island, across the East End - The Hamptons & North Fork and Shelter Island.
There are approximately 3.8 million licensed real estate professionals in the United States, but only members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® can call themselves REALTORS®. Approximately 950,000 real estate professionals have taken the additional step to join NAR, The Voice for Real Estate.
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Real estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetime. Transactions today usually exceed $500,000. If you had a $500,000 income tax problem, would you attempt to deal with it without the help of a CPA? If you had a $500,000 legal question, would you deal with it without the help of an attorney? Considering the small upside cost and the large downside risk, it would be foolish to consider a deal in real estate without the professional assistance of a REALTOR®.
As a fiduciary, a real estate licensee (agent) is held by law to owe specific duties to the person he/she is representing. These specific fiduciary duties include:LOYALTY, OBEDIENCE, DISCLOSURE, CONFIDENTIALITY, REASONABLE CARE AND DILIGENCE, ACCOUNTING