THE TERRIBLE TRUTH ABOUT REAL ESTATE AGENTS
The terrible truth about real estate agents is designed to help you determine if you require the services of a real estate professional to help you buy or sell a home. ·
20 Questions
to Help You Determine if You Need the Services of A Real Estate
Professional To Help You Locate and Purchase Your Next Home ·
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Questions to Help You Determine if You Need the Services of A Real
Estate Professional To Help You Sell Your Home As a web savvy person you are now here at our real estate website. You are a potential homebuyer, home seller, or mortgage borrower and you are, or have been, using the Internet to learn more about real estate and to understand your options. Our guess is that you also use the Net to find information about other topics of interest as well. If you are like most Internet users you fit into the following broad catagories: 1. A "do it yourselfer" and/or 2. You want to be informed before you make a major decision, and 3. You want a "good" deal, and 4. You want to control the time and process. Are we right or wrong? If we are right then you are at the correct place. Our goal here is to provide you with information and tools so you can make a "confident and informed" real estate decision. We would also like to help you by providing you access to your area's "best", no pressure, Internet savvy, real estate professionals who are willing to work with you and your guidelines. You have found this page, "The Terrible Truth About Real Estate Agents", and you ask yourself, "what is a real estate web site going to tell me about real estate agents?" "Do I really need the services of a real estate professional?" you ask. Your answer of course should be: "This is a real estate web site, of course they are going to recommend that I work with a real estate agent." Believe it or not, the answer to "Do I need the services of a real estate professional?" is not always yes. We will help you identify some circumstances where you may not require the services of a real estate professional. We are not here to "tell" you that you need the services of a real estate professional. We will simply present information and facts and you can be the judge of whether you require the services of a real estate professional. If you decide you want to use the services of one of our real estate professionals, The Real Estate Beagle's can help you. The Real Estate Beagle's specialize in matching home sellers and home buyers . Do I Need the Services of a Real Estate Professional? Question: Is there downside of using a real estate professional to help you locate and purchase your next home? There is no financial downside. A buyer's real estate agent's commission is paid by splitting the seller's real estate agent's commission, which was negotiated with the seller at the time the home was listed for sale. If there is no buyer's agent to pay a real estate commission, then the seller's real estate agent usually keeps the entire real estate commission. Without a buyer's real estate agent the best you can expect is the selling real estate agent represents neither party, but most likely they represent only the seller. A real estate professional in most cases is also in a better position to negotiate a lower sales price than a homebuyer, because they have access to "current" comparative home sales information. Fact: When using a real estate professional to assist a home buyer locate and purchase a home, the average search time is 8 weeks and they view 10 homes. For homebuyers not using a real estate professional the average search time is 14 weeks and they view 18 homes. Fact: 49% of all homebuyers start looking for a home before they put their home on the market. Fact:
87% of all homes are sold by a real estate professional Fact: 25% of all for sale by owner homes are not sold or removed from the market. Fact: 13% of all homes are sold by owner Fact: Even when a mortgage company says a buyer is approved it does not guarantee that the mortgage company will fund the buyer's mortgage for the purchase of your home Fact:
Real state professionals have errors and omission insurance. The best way to start looking for a new home to buy, if you have another home to sell, is to put your current home on the market first and then start to look. As the seller you control the time period of when the closing of your home will take place. By selling your home first (with a contingency that both closings take place on the same day), you have more purchasing power. You can let the seller of your new home that your home is sold. This is a very good negotiating tool, as the seller of your new home becomes aware that they will not have an extended waiting period for you to sell your current home. If the seller has a choice (given the same offer) between you (who has a home to sell) and someone else, who does not, they will most likely pick the buyer who does not have a home or has one, and is sold. Do you know that the difference between the best real estate professionals and an average real estate agent can often mean thousands of dollars to you as a homebuyer? Why use the services of an average real estate agent when you can work with one of our area's best real estate professionals. Let us show you how we can make that happen. Fact: The number one reason someone sells their home on their own is to save on real estate commissions. Fact: Most people who shop for homes for sale by owner are doing so to get a bargain price and buy the home below "fair market value." Fact: If your home is not priced below market value, most for sale by owner buyers will not buy your home. Fact: The number one reason For Sale By Owner sellers do not sell their home is because it was not priced right, below "fair market value." Fact: 62% of all homes for sale by owner end up being listed and sold with a real estate professional. Fact: 87% of all homes are sold by a real estate professional Fact:
13% of all homes are sold by owner Fact: 25% of all for sale by owner homes are not sold or removed from the market. Question: If your goal is to sell your home yourself to save real estate commissions and the buyers goal by buying a home that is for sale by owner is to get the home below "fair market value", who will win? The objectives of each party are diametrically opposed to each other. If you concede was it worth all the work and risk to save little or no money? If you do not concede will your home sell to a buyer looking to purchase a home for sale by owner? Fact: The best opportunity to get top dollar for your home is to expose it to as many ready and willing homebuyers as possible. Fact: 82% of real estate sales are a result of a real estate professional's contacts through previous clients, referrals, friends, family, and personal contacts? Fact: Real state professionals have errors and omission insurance to help cover the liability that can accompany buying or selling a home. Do you? Fact: Even when a mortgage company says a buyer is approved it does not guarantee that the mortgage company will fund the buyer's mortgage for the purchase of your home If you have determined you
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