A free Real Estate agent?
Did you know that as a buyer you get to use a real estate agent’s services for FREE? An agent can give you their most valuable resources; time, knowledge, and reputation to help you find the perfect home. It’s not just a sales pitch, it’s a true appreciation for wanting to help a home buyer get what they are looking for and feel satisfied in the end – and it costs them NOTHING! A REALTOR (R) can help you get started by searching for homes in the local Multiple Listing Service (MLS), a database that contains all homes for sale on the market in your city. After narrowing it down they have access to get you inside all of those homes to get a closer look. Once you find the perfect home they can help you write up the contract to purchase the home and also discuss with you a proper price to offer on the home, what items to include in the contract (appliances, etc.), and they can also get you pointed in the right direction for home financing. Once your offer is accepted they will help you navigate the results of your home inspection to ensure you know what it is you are getting yourself into. Once that clears your agent will help to answer any of those last minute questions as the closing date approaches. Once you are at the closing table you will cut your down payment check to the bank, and you still own your agent NOTHING! As a buyer, and especially as a first time buyer in today’s market, I would highly encourage you to work with a licensed REALTOR (R) to ensure you are covered with the knowledge it takes to buy that next home.
