Buying With DUFFY
Do Not Let the Right House Rush You Into the Wrong Buyer Agreement.
Most buyers can find a house online. Opening the door is not the 3% job. DUFFY earns its fee by helping you investigate the property, compare the numbers, build the offer, protect the contract and get to closing—with a clearly explained 1.5% buyer representation fee.
How it works
The House Creates Urgency. Preparation Creates Leverage.
DUFFY’s opinion: search wherever you want, but prepare before you fall in love with a house. You should know the fee, agreement, financing and showing process while you still have time to compare your options.
Get clear before the house appears.
We explain the fee and agreement, review your financing and help you decide what matters most before excitement starts making decisions for you.
Found a house? Send it to DUFFY.
We coordinate access quickly, then help you ask the question that matters: does this property deserve your money, your risk and your next several years?
Write the offer with your eyes open.
We help you compare price, terms, financing, deadlines and risks before you commit—not after the excitement has taken over.
Protect the deal after the excitement.
Once you are under contract, we help track the inspections, lender, appraisal, earnest money, title, walkthrough and closing details.
The DUFFY opinion on buyer agreements
A Buyer Agreement Should Earn Your Signature—not Trap It.
DUFFY’s buyer representation fee
We explain what the fee covers and how seller-paid compensation may affect what you pay—or may receive—at closing.
Compare before you sign.
A request for 3% is a proposal—not a reason to stop comparing. That is twice DUFFY’s 1.5% fee. Compare the price, the promised work, the properties covered and how long the agreement controls you.
Do not sign away more than you understand.
DUFFY’s model is designed around the homes we show you instead of automatically claiming every property and every possibility. We think the agreement should fit the actual work.
Where an agent earns the fee
Opening the Door Is Not the Valuable Part.
The valuable work begins when you decide you may want the house. That is when condition, price, terms, deadlines, financing and contract language can either protect you or cost you.
Access
We coordinate showings and help you get inside while the opportunity is still available.
Investigation
Photos are marketing. We help you look at condition, disclosures, neighborhood facts, public information and resale concerns before the pretty kitchen wins the argument.
Offer strategy
Price is only one lever. We compare price, timing, contingencies, financing and risk because the strongest offer is not always the highest one.
Contract and closing protection
We keep the important dates, documents and decisions visible from earnest money through the final walkthrough.
If You Found the Home, DUFFY Thinks That Should Count.
When seller-paid compensation is more than DUFFY’s fee, the available difference may be credited to you as the DUFFY Finder Fee. We do not think DUFFY should quietly keep compensation above the fee you agreed to pay us.
The amount depends on the transaction, the buyer agreement and any lender or closing limitations. We explain the numbers before you make the offer.
Talk to DUFFY Before Someone Else’s Agreement Decides Your Fee.
Tell us how you are searching, what you are considering and whether you have signed anything yet. We will explain the 1.5% fee, the property-specific relationship and the showing process in plain English.
Seller-paid compensation, lender rules and closing limitations vary by transaction. Your buyer agreement controls the services and fee for your purchase.