Mediation & Arbitration Services

Mediation & Arbitration Services

Each year in Michigan, tens of thousands of real estate transactions take place. Occasionally disputes develop over these business transactions. Over the years, a number of efficient, voluntary procedures to resolve these disputes privately, promptly and economically have developed.

Home Buyer / Home Seller Alternative Dispute Resolution Options

Advantages to Alternative Dispute Resolution (pdf opens in a new window)

• It solves problems, rather than simply deciding the dispute.
• It resolves disputes quickly, usually within weeks, rather than years.
• It prevents future conflicts, as well as resolving present ones.
• It emphasizes constructive relationships, rather than adversarial positions.
• Customer relationships survive, so goodwill and potential referrals are preserved.
• It allows parties to negotiate based on their interest, to understand their own needs, and decide what
• they are willing or not willing to concede.
• It is confidential, not a public proceeding or a matter of public record.
• It allows those most familiar with the problem, the disputing parties, to create the solution, which ensures that the solution will work.