Greenville & Pitt County, North Carolina
Buying or selling a home in Greenville? Work with the broker who teaches the contract.
I’ve lived in Greenville since 1991 and have been a licensed broker since 2003. I also teach real estate to other brokers, so the paperwork, deadlines and decisions in your sale get handled by someone who knows them line by line.
“Always give people more than they expect to get.”
- Licensed
- NC real estate broker since 2003
- Brokerage
- Aldridge & Southerland Realtors, Greenville
- Teaching
- 20 years at Pitt Community College
- Designations
- ABR · CRS · GRI · SRES · MRP · e-PRO · GREEN · SFR
Why work with me
I know the contract
I wrote and teach an approved continuing education course on North Carolina’s Offer to Purchase and Contract, the form used in most home sales here. Other brokers take it to learn the form paragraph by paragraph. You get that knowledge working for you.
Greenville is home
I’ve lived in Greenville since 1991. I know its neighborhoods and the towns around it across Pitt County, and I sell where I live.
Training for your situation
- ABRRepresenting buyers
- SRESSellers and buyers 50 and older
- MRPMilitary families on the move
- SFRShort sales and foreclosures
- CRSResidential specialist
A quick hello
Why I’m writing these
For 20 years I’ve taught North Carolina’s real estate contract to other brokers. Now I’m answering buyers’ and sellers’ questions about it in plain English, one short article every week.
Have a question? Send it to me, and I may answer it in a future article.
For buyers and sellers
Straight answers about the contract
Short, plain-English explanations of the North Carolina purchase contract, from the broker who teaches it.
Can I back out during due diligence without paying the fee?
The due diligence fee buys the right to walk away. Walking away without paying it can cost a buyer the earnest money too. Here’s why.
Read the article →Before you sign: what your agent should go over with you
An e-signature link makes it easy to sign a contract in thirty seconds without reading it. Here’s what a good agent should walk you through first, and why it protects you.
Read the article →Buying a home? How your agent gets paid, and how to ask the seller to help
You agree up front on what you’ll pay your agent. Since July 2026, asking the seller to help with it goes right into your offer. Here’s what to know.
Read the article →What happens if the due diligence fee is late?
Since July 2026, a buyer has until the end of the next banking day to deliver the fee. Here’s what happens if it doesn’t arrive, and what each side should do.
Read the article →Let’s talk about your move
Whether you’re buying your first home, selling the one you raised your family in, or just wondering what your house is worth, call or email me. I’ll give you a straight answer.
- Cell
- (252) 717-0224
- jim@jimweese.com
- Office
- Aldridge & Southerland Realtors
226 Commerce St, Greenville, NC 27858