- Work up a estimate as to the value of your home and what you can expect to have after the sale. This of course is done only if you presently have a home.
- Refer you to, or have you go to, a lender. We need to know what you can spend for a home.
- Discuss what features you want and the area you want your new home in.
- Run a search of the MLS to make sure the area you desire has a supply of homes with the features you want and price you can afford.
- If few or no homes can be found, we might need to examine other areas.
- If many are found, then the follwoing is recommended. Sell your present home first. Sellers do not like a contingency requiring you sell your home. Get pre approval from your lender.
- Daily I will e-mail you information on all new homes listed in the prior 24 hours.
- Before submitting an offer I encourage you to visit the neighbors
whose homes adjoin yours. Introduce yourself and ask for their
help. You will find out about the neighborhood, the house you are looking at and if you world like to have them as your neighbors.
- We will then go over the comparable sales, discuss why the sellers are selling, try to structure our offer to be as acceptable as possible to
the seller, and keep our offer as low as possible.
- As I am representing your interest only escape clauses will be included in the offer.
When you hired me, you wanted the best to represent you. I personally
handle your transaction. I will not turn you over to
secretary or transaction coordinator (which often is an underpaid, overworked and under qualified person).
I also make it a practice to
rebate back to my buyers up to 1/2 of the commission for those who contract with me to be their buyer's broker..
If you are buying a $600,000
house and the seller is offering a 3% commission to the agent
bringing in the buyer you could expect to save up to $9,000 by getting half
of my commission as a bonus for using me.
