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| Home Buyers - Your Price, Not the Listing Price |
Thanks to the media, news people in general and the political
hacks who tout the minimal rise in interest rates as a great
calamity have given great concern to some home sellers and real
estate agents. Now, you the home buyer have an opportunity to
get a better deal on your next home.
Here is your opportunity:
The media by blowing out of proportion minor interest rate
increases has given home sellers concern about the market slow
downs, and possibly being stuck with the house. You may be able
to get a discount on a home if look closely and are ready to buy
quickly.
Start today by working with a professional Real Estate Agent.
Interview 2 - 3 agents find the one who will serve you best
by:
1)Signing a Buyer Agent Agreement where they
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the buyer in your real
estate transaction and not the seller.
2)Will place you in a VIP Buyer Program where
their team will research the MLS daily for new listings that
meet your criteria and email them to you with complete
descriptions and photos.
3)Will allow you to go out and preview neighborhoods
and subdivisions on your own without the agent dragging
you around.
4)Will assist you in getting a Mortgage
Pre-Approval (puts you in drivers seat when making an offer
to a seller) not just pre-qualified (which is not worth the
paper its written on) 5)Will prepare a CMA and review
all current listings and time on the market before helping you
structure your offer.
6)Will review tax records, title documents, survey, and
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discrepancies before helping you
structure your offer.
7)Will give you a Written Performance Guarantee
(i.e. Save $5000 on your home purchase or they pay you $500 at
closing.
8)Has a Team Approach to the Real Estate Business
so you never get lost or dropped because your single agent can't
keep up with all the paperwork, phone calls or any other buyers
or sellers.
9)Will help you sell your existing home fast and for top
dollar. An agent who has a Guarantee Sale Program or Trade-Up
Program where they will guarantee the sale of your home so
you can go out with confidence and buy your next home.
Your job is:
1)Be open to the Market. 2)Determine a general
location and with your agents help define your home |
buying
criteria.
3)Be prepared to make solid non-contingent offers that
work for you.
4)Be ready to close quickly if necessary.
5)Be willing to look at homes that meet 80 to 85% of your
buying criteria not 100%.
6)Always have options for other homes, don't get stuck on
the, I must have this home and only this home mentality.
7)Start today.
About the author:
Bill Carey offers insights to the buying and selling process of
residential real estate for F*R*E*E information and reports see
http://www.BillCareyRealto
r.com "Insider Real Estate Secrets Revealed" ...a must-read
for Home-Owners and Renters! It's a FREE 12-lesson e-course
covering more than 20 topics exposing the realities behind
buying and selling a hom
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