Buyers, Open Houses, Plain Talk and Good Manners 101
As you get out to start looking at homes, please let open house Realtors® know you are working with someone...if you have a Realtor®
Some things buyers may not be aware of:
- The open house Realtors® are there to find new clients and would like to consider you as THEIR new client. It creates a problem if you are working with a Realtor® and the Open House Realtor® shows a house to you that you want to put an offer on.
- Instead of calling a listing agent or a For Sale By Owner from a sign in the yard... call your own Realtor®. They represent you...not the seller. Let them do your research and negotiating.
- It costs you nothing to be represented by your own Realtor® when you are out touring, putting an offer on a home and working to a successful closing. A good agent will make it look easy, but there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work to be done.
- Commission is paid to a Realtor® at closing by the sellers, not the buyers. The rate was determined long before you looked at the house by the seller and his listing agent.
- Realtors® pay for their own gas, wear and tear on their car, Internet, MLS board fees, advertising and are NOT paid by brokerages by the hour.
- Pick a good Realtor® and stick with them. Be loyal to them and they will be loyal to you. Do you like to date someone that is constantly looking over your shoulder? I thought not...you know it's not nice to cheat.
- Don't write an offer with another agent while you are working with your present one. Do you think we don't have feelings??
- Trust your Realtor® to do their best for you. It's a tough world out there on your own to buy a home. Your professional agent has all the correct documents that will be needed for your offer, contract and inspections.
- Realtors® know the best people to get your loan, home inspections, attorneys, etc. Trust their experience with other professionals that know how to get to a successful closing. Ask who they know that is good. Don't put your blind faith in some Internet website that doesn't have local people you know. It's a good way to never see a closing on a home you have your heart set on.
Bottom line is have some faith in your Realtor®. They work hard for your loyalty and trust.
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*Buyers, Open Houses, Plain Talk and Good Manners 101*
This is very good advice to buyers.
Excellent advice for buyers! So true!
If your agent isn't satisfying your needs, ask them to break up & find a better one!
Great advice to buyers, but sadly many buyers are oblivious and have no idea how buyer agency representation works.
A nice post and it is important to buyres to be informed.. and to seek representation to protect their interests.
Lizette, Excellent information. I love to sell my own listings at an open house, but I tell all prospective buyers, I will assist them, but only represent my seller.
Lizette
It is the behind the scenes work we do that so many just don't realize. This is a complicated business that takes real expertise.
Great Information Liz! It amazes me what they dont' want to hear and do.
Lizette,
Sure, that's a great advise to buyers ! btw the best thing to do as a buyer is if they want to use that agent then they need to find another house so that agent can look their best interests :) haha ! :P
Excellent job with this Lizette. It all seems so obvious to us, but so very difficult to get the customer to comprehend.
Lizette, Great post. Good advice for buyers.Thanks for the post.
I feel like typing your blog on the back of my cards! Great pic
I thought I'd write this last night because sometimes we just get blindsided by bad behavior when we least see it coming. We really work hard to make things happen for our clients.
Lizette,
I really like the storefront a lot.
When I think of Kentucky, I always think of the ambience associated with the Kentucky Derby instead of Shit Creek...Sometimes our buyers need some reminders about who we are and what we do! Have a good weekend! Cherise
Never seeses to amaze me how many people call our office on properties instead of their agent. I even had someone recently say they were so frustrated because everything they found was already under contract. I asked him if he had an agent - "oh yes we call him coach and we love him" - does he have you on a home search "well no" - and your calling our office instead of coach "well yes" - mmmm what is coach doing?
Nice graphic, potty mouth.