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Scott and Stacey Reel were very professional and patient during our long search for our perfect home. They were always available to show us a home on a minutes notice. We were both very picky on what we wanted in a home. They drove a lot of miles showing us houses, some that were betterhomes and gardens beautiful and others not so much. They always had a smile on their face and treated us like family. Scott and Stacey are a great team, they are very knowledgeable realtors. I highly recommended them, they will help you find the house of your dreams.
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- Lynette Scaffede - Dental Hygienist
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Scott and Stacey Reel worked with us to find just the right home. They were there for every house we wanted to look at no matter where it was! They both have a great level of experience in the business and have taught us things we never knew when looking for a home. Scott and Stacey are a pleasure to know and so glad we found them and will defiantly recommend their services! Thanks so much for all your work!
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- LAURA RYDER - Retired postal worker
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My husband and I worked with Dalette from the Grand Blanc office as first time home buyers. We were looking for our forever home and we were anticipating a long difficult road but working with Dalette was a breeze! She was so helpful and made the process go smoothly from start to finish. I am so grateful that we had Dalette on our side, she answered all of our questions and was always available at a moment's notice for anything that we needed. We moved into a beautiful home with everything we wanted and more and we couldn't be happier.
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- Melody
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(Christine Johnson) Christine went above and beyond to help us sell my moms condo. I highly recommend her thanks again for your great service.
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- Dave Watson
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Scott and Stacey Reel were amazing in helping me find my perfect house! They are knowledgeable and caring and went out of their way numerous times to show me houses and to keep me aware of new listings. They were patient in explaining all the paperwork and things I didn’t understand. I would recommend them to everyone!
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- Kelly McPhilimy
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Christine Johnson is a fantastic resource for anyone buying a home for the first time. She's knowledgeable and can easily walk you through the difficult process of home-buying. Christine goes the extra mile. Every time. She'd drive more than an hour to come show houses - she even helped us power-wash our garage before the house was even ours so it would get through the appraisal! Not only did we buy our first home - we found a fantastic friend in Christine as well.
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- Julie MacLean
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Scott and Stacy spent a lot of time with us and always remained helpful and positive. Was a bonus having two agents, made scheduling easier. Would recommend them to anybody shopping in the region.
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- Mark Piotrowski
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Christine Johnson is a fantastic resource for anyone buying a home for the first time. She's knowledgeable and can easily walk you through the difficult process of home-buying. Christine goes the extra mile. Every time. She'd drive more than an hour to come show houses - she even helped us power-wash our garage before the house was even ours so it would get through the appraisal! Not only did we buy our first home - we found a fantastic friend in Christine as well.
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- Julie MacLean
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I had the pleasure of working with Van and I couldn't be more impressed with his professionalism, expertise, and dedication. From the start Van made the entire process seamless and stress-free. I highly recommend Van to anyone looking for a trustworthy and reliable realtor!
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- Alejandro Pascual
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Dalette Miron from the Grand Blanc office was a pleasure to work with. She was dependable, knowledgeable, trustworthy and worked very hard to get our home sold quickly. I can't recommend her enough. She also was a lot of fun to work with, and we shared some laughs as well. Highly recommended.
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- Susan Hyslop
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Christine Johnson is a fantastic resource for anyone buying a home for the first time. She's knowledgeable and can easily walk you through the difficult process of home-buying. Christine goes the extra mile. Every time. She'd drive more than an hour to come show houses - she even helped us power-wash our garage before the house was even ours so it would get through the appraisal! Not only did we buy our first home - we found a fantastic friend in Christine as well.
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- Julie MacLean
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Our journey to home ownership was a long one! My wife and I are so grateful to have had Scott and Stacey in our corner throughout it all.
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- James Hardy Tim Horton - General Manager
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Christine Johnson is a fantastic resource for anyone buying a home for the first time. She's knowledgeable and can easily walk you through the difficult process of home-buying. Christine goes the extra mile. Every time. She'd drive more than an hour to come show houses - she even helped us power-wash our garage before the house was even ours so it would get through the appraisal! Not only did we buy our first home - we found a fantastic friend in Christine as well.
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- Julie MacLean
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Christine Johnson is a fantastic resource for anyone buying a home for the first time. She's knowledgeable and can easily walk you through the difficult process of home-buying. Christine goes the extra mile. Every time. She'd drive more than an hour to come show houses - she even helped us power-wash our garage before the house was even ours so it would get through the appraisal! Not only did we buy our first home - we found a fantastic friend in Christine as well.
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- Julie MacLean
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Dalette from the Grand Blanc team made buying our house simple and quick. She responded so quickly to all of our questions and she made things happen! At no point did we feel rushed or stressed, she gave us invaluable knowledge and advice. Dalette is personable, considerate, and helpful - we never felt that she was selling us anything instead she was fully on our team.
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- Marco
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Scott & Stacey provide an above average service since they work together to meet your every need. They promptly get back to every text, email or phone call and really work hard to get your house bought or sold. I highly recommend Scott & Stacey for ALL your realtor needs!!
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- Jim Platt
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Scott and Stacey is very knowledgeable and tell you what things are, not what you want to hear. They listen to you and are willing to take realistic risks on your behalf. Kind and courteous as well as very professional sold my house in 7 days near listing price. Robert and Joann Aldridge
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- Robert & Joann Aldridge - Retired
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Great people, great service, great results.
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- Sharon Hilton
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We recently sold our house in Durand.
The day it went on the market we had multiple offers, all higher than our asking price. But the real story is the preceding year and a half.
I'm going to get to the point -- this is a big, fat shout out to Van Braun - American Associates Realtors. If you want to sell your house in Durand, Swartz Creek, Fenton, Grand Blanc or anywhere else in the vicinity, he is the guy I'm recommending. And it's not just a "Oh yeah, we were happy with him..." I want you to hear me and see me shouting it from the rooftops. This guy deserves all the accolades. He is a freaking hero to me and that's a fact, and I cannot overstate my appreciation of him and the work he did for us.
We learned in July of 2022, when we initially planned to list the house, that we were missing a document that was necessary in order to be able to put the house on the market. We didn't have the document, I had never even heard of it, and in order to get it, we had to have our title, which, for some reason, in all of the paperwork we had for the house, we could not find. The title company said they couldn't help us unless we provided a different document, which of course we also didn't have. We were just stuck and no one could give us any answers, and being out of state made things infinitely more complicated. So, for more than a year, we were paying for two houses as best we could, all the while, not even sure if there would be a light at the end of the tunnel. We didn't know what to do.
Van and I got connected via different business avenues. He became an advertiser on Durand Now and Shiawassee Radio. He had been on for at least a few months when finally I decided to ask him if he had any ideas for our situation.
Here's the thing. The really, really important thing.
He didn't have the answer. But he decided to help us find it.
He didn't just say "I can't help." He went looking.
If we needed the document, then so did the people who sold us the house. And that document should have been submitted to the appropriate government agencies. Van reached out to the state and county agencies and discovered there was no record of that document for any of the previous owners at the county. But he discovered that the home's original owner applied for and received the approved document from the state, but never filed it with the county; a necessary detail. So, effectively, the document didn't exist. We also learned that when one applies for and is approved for the document, that document effectively replaces the home's title.
Can you guess why we couldn't find our title? Because we never had one to begin with!
When we purchased the home, we unknowingly got caught up in a gigantic decades-old paperwork mess. And we never knew it until we tried to sell the house.
Okay, so now that we know the problem, just apply for the document, right? Correct! Except that the document requires a serial number that would normally be included in other paperwork, or affixed to the home's exterior or in the crawl space.
We looked through every piece of paperwork related to the house and none of them listed the serial number.
Any document that had been filled out, the serial number field was just left blank. So, on a visit to town, we searched throughout the house for the serial number and, of course, couldn't find it. My mom did another sweep, as moms do, to see if maybe we had just missed it. No luck. So Van decided to look for it. All around the house, under the house, he also couldn't find it. Now what?
As far as I was concerned, we were stuck again. But Van got us answers. He located an out-of-state company; Virginia, I think it was, that specializes in researching the history of homes and, specifically, locating missing serial numbers.
There was a cost, but it was what we had to do. And thankfully, the company was successful in locating the serial number.
We applied for the document: Affidavit of Affixture, were approved, and then... FILED IT with the County Register of Deeds.
Finally, the house was legal and could be listed.
I'll save you stories about the next several months of discoveries that delayed the closing process, but suffice it to say, Van Braun did so much more than he had to do, in order to get the deal done.
All in all, it was a solid year and a half of worry for us, and no less than six months of work for Van. We closed just before Thanksgiving. And, for that, we remain very thankful.
Talk to Van Braun at American Associates Realtors.
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- Josh Strickland
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