The decision to sell your property, or make a real estate purchase is an important one. In order to best protect your interests, and insure a smooth transaction, you need to work with an experienced real estate professional with whom you enjoy working, and who enjoys working with you.
Whether you have bought and sold many homes, or you are a first time buyer, you need the expertise of an experienced Realtor® to:

• Listen to your wants and needs.
• Help you find the right home, using all possible resources, including ones that are not accessible to the general public. Many homes are never advertised.
• Assist you in narrowing down the list of potential homes.
• Negotiate the best possible terms for you and your unique situation.
• Connect you with the best home loan professionals in the business who can arrange the best loan terms for your specific needs.
• Arrange for a thorough inspection of your new home by a qualified and experienced home inspector.
• Prepare your purchase and sale agreement in a manner that best protects your interests, and in keeping with your specific needs. Today's real estate documents are lengthy and complex. Only an experienced, full time real estate professional has the expertise, and is able to keep up with the constantly changing market, current laws and business practices to be able to smooth out the rough edges of your transaction.
• Coordinate the work of inspectors, appraisers, loan officers, loan processors, attorneys, escrow officers and other professionals related to your purchase.
• Guide you through the settlement process, also know as "escrow" or "closing".

Once you choose your agent, it is in your best interest to work only with that specific agent. Good agents are not able to spend their time, energy or resources working with buyers who are not loyal to them. Your agent has access to far more information on available homes than you can access. Without an agent, you are limited to the few homes with signs that you notice, or that are advertised in the newspaper or on the Internet. Often, those homes are sold before the advertisement gets published. Your agent will keep abreast of the available properties.

Ask your agent to be your "Buyer's Agent" to insure that he/she works on your behalf, and not on behalf of the Seller. Your agent will be happy to provide you with a free pamphlet that discusses this, and should be willing to tell you, in writing, that he/she works for YOU. This means that you will be a CLIENT and not just a CUSTOMER.