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Buying my first house **update** offer accepted, I got a house.
shardian:
Heh, we were all quick on that one. ;D
ChadTower:
I had an independent buyer's agent help my find my house. One of the best decisions I've ever made - she worked purely out of the MLS database. Every other realtor I talked to would show me their listsings rather than choosing from the whole market. They were trying to sell me houses rather than helping me to buy one. Subtle distinction but it was huge in practice given how stupidly quick the MA market was moving right then.
lanman31337:
^^^^ My wife and I did the same thing when we were looking for a house. She'd give us some MLS's to look at, we gave her some, came up with houses, and the rest is history.
ChadTower:
The best part about that is that you don't have to pay them - they get paid from the seller's agent's commission. Traditional realtors hate them, obviously, because their profit gets halved. The realtor for our sellers actually groaned when she saw our agent walk in with me.
Our house was on the market for less than 4 days, though, so it couldn't have been all that bad for the poor realtor. :laugh2:
Jdurg:
--- Quote from: shardian on February 11, 2008, 11:39:32 am ---Heh, we were all quick on that one. ;D
--- End quote ---
Lol. Yeah. As a buyer, there's no reason to NOT get an agent on your behalf.
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