If you are planning to purchase a property you will be faced with many decisions. What comes first - buying the next property or selling your present property? What is your price range? What will be the location, size and style of your next property?
Before getting the answers to these questions and many more there is one major decision to be made: which Realtor shall you choose to help you get through the maze of forms and give you the direction needed to successfully complete your real estate transaction?
Buying a property is too important to leave up to a number of different Realtors!
Some buyers like to leave their name with three or four salespeople.
Although it may seem to be to the buyer's advantage to have a number of people to work with, it is usually a very ineffective approach.
The basic assumption is that a committee of agents can produce more results than working exclusively with one Realtor. Like most committee assignments - everybody's responsibility is nobody's responsibility.
One Realtor = Commitment
You need the total commitment of one Realtor whom you feel comfortable with and who will get to know and understand you and have compassion and empathy for your particular situation.
Buying or selling a property is a journey that must be carefully plotted and mapped from the start to completion. Tell your Realtor that you will work with them exclusively as long as you see the effort and work needed to get the job completed.
In fact if you are a Buyer you should sign a Buyer Agency Agreement form to show your commitment.
In this way you will have a dedicated Realtor who will make it their personal responsibility to handle all the details to get you to a successful completion of this real estate journey.
A Realtor Needs Candid Feedback
Good agents will listen to your needs and search through properties that are available both in their own company, in the Multiple Listing Service,as well as those not on the internet. They will then sort out the inappropriate ones.
They will likely show you a number of properties and get your feedback and then continue the process until you have found the right home. Be very candid with your feedback, point out your likes and dislikes of each property.
Your Realtor should have a copy of each of the listings you will be viewing with a space on each of the pages for your written notes.
You will not remember the likes and dislikes you have of each property after you have finished your entire showing tour. Make your notes immediately after viewing each property.
Also remember it is in your best interest to view only a maximum of 4 to 5 homes on any one showing tour. It is easy to become confused when viewing too many properties at one time.
A Realtor is paid on a straight commission basis.
They do not receive a salary or have an expense account. They are paid only after they have sold something and it successfully closes.
This is why working with more than one Realtor is not a good idea. None of the Realtors will know if it will be to their financial benefit to spend any of their time or effort trying to find you the right property, when you could possibly buy through another Realtor. You will put them in a race to get you to buy a property so they are sure that they are the Realtor who gets paid and not someone else!
Believe it or not, you will be best served by dealing with one Team of committed Realtors as opposed to shopping the field with a variety of Realtors.
By giving your commitment to one Realtor, the Realtor will work with the enthusiasm and the diligent efforts required to successfully complete your transaction.