I'm comfortable with the value i provide as a buyers agent so it doesn't bother me.The other buyer broker agreement is a standard one that people sign usually for 60-90 days and it includes land, multi, mixed use etc etc.Your document may differ slightly but ours isSection 1.

The brokers, more interested in doing a deal, would normally tell me to cross out what I didn’t like and write in whatever made me comfortable.

I personally wasn’t comfortable handing over the management of the claim process to someone else.

Feel free to comment on this form or DM me if that's more comfortable for you.

Don't have to be on the deed even to declare it your homestead.It may be splitting hairs, and I may have been unclear in my initial post, but I believe homestead laws are designed in part to protect non-title holding spouses, so if the new wife moves into her husband's house he cannot sell or mortgage without the wife's consent nor can it be forced to be sold to pay involuntary creditors (as opposed to voluntary creditors such as mtg/DOT lenders). 

It's a change but as you mentioned you don't want to down grade the property to a single family, but maintain the 2-family designation.

Every time that happened we increased our savings by 75% of the difference and our spending by 25% until our spending hit a level that we were comfortable with. 

Please note the information provided below is a layman's definition designed to provide a basic understanding for the general audience.

They can quickly do some mental math to see if they are comfortable "losing" 15% of their usual revenue.

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