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Guarantees

A Builder's Guide to Selling the Program to Customers

The Guarantee-Sale
The guarantee-sale is an insurance policy for the customer in the event their home is not sold following an extended marketing period at the time their newly constructed home is complete.

The guarantee-sale is a "win-win" program for the customer. Their home will be listed at a value sufficiently higher that the guarantee buyout price. In most instances, the customer's home will be sold during the marketing period at a price greater that the guarantee. In the event Homestead acquires the home, the customer still realizes maximum market value. Experience has proven that once Homestead acquires a home, it is resold for less than the guarantee sale price.

With the guarantee-sale, the customer can have the construction of their new home started immediately and can move into the home much sooner. By delaying the start of construction, the customer is subjected to potential pricing increases and the uncertainty of long-term fluctuations in mortgage interest rates.

Homestead
Since Homestead is independent from the Builder, this eliminates the customer's negative perception that the Builder is using the guarantee-sale as another means of generating profit from the customer.

Homestead is the only independently organized group in the Indianapolis residential real estate market formed exclusively to facilitate the transition from existing home ownership to ownership in a newly constructed home.

Homestead's sole focus is on guarantee sales.

Homestead's group of professional REALTORS® and a financial services professional is unparalleled in career achievements and reputation.

Homestead is organized such that a representative of the company is always available to the customer.

F.C. Tucker Company, Inc.
Each of the Homestead REALTOR® professionals is an agent for the F.C. Tucker Company, Inc. Tucker is the largest residential real estate sales organization in Indiana. Tucker spends more money on advertising than any other real estate company in Indiana.

Tucker has a new network of multi-office teams of professional agents located throughout the metro and outlying areas to provide services to the customer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Tucker is one of the top five multi-office companies in America as measured by productivity per agent. Tucker has the leading Relocation and Referral Network in the country.

The Homestead REALTOR® Professionals
• 150 years combined residential real estate sales experience
• $100 million combined annual sales production
• Each of the Homestead REALTOR® professionals are marketing specialists
• Two Homestead REALTOR® professionals will visit and evaluate the customer's home and develop marketing strategies

The Homestead Financial Services Professional
This individual will supervise the administration of our programs and be accessible to the Builder and their sales agents on a daily basis. Her extensive experience in the credit and customer service management in the building industry will ensure a thorough assessment of each prospective guarantee-sale opportunity.

Independent Professional Appraisal
Homestead has an independent appraisal performed on each customer's home to assist in the formulation of the guarantee offer and to add credibility to the guarantee program endorsed by the Builder.

The appraisal is completed at no cost to the customer and is review with the customer.

Cost to the Customer
The only cost to the customer of pursuing a guarantee-sale contract with Homestead is the full cost of the inspection ($395.00) after the customer has accepted a guarantee offer from Homestead

A copy of the inspection report is provided to the customer.

The inspection benefits the customer by exposing potential issues with the home that could negatively impact its value. Any issues disclosed by the inspection requirement will be issues facing the customer at some point in the process of the sale of their home.