CHAPTER 1 How Real Estat eal Estate Agents e Agents Help Home Buyers
We’ll come right out at the start and tell you we’re real estate agents — proudly so! Nice to meet you! We’re not trying to sell you anything, but we’re pleased to be of service. In fact, generally, real estate agents for buyers are paid from the listing agent’s commission. So, we’re not looking to part you from your money. We’re giving you the benefit of experience and advice we have picked up in our careers selling houses and handling real estate transactions — for both sellers and buyers. If you want us to help you find a house, we can talk. Call us if you need us. Technology has changed the way homes are sought and bought today. In this “Information Era,” most buyers are first introduced to the home they eventually purchase via the Internet, through Zillow, Trulia, Yahoo! Homes, Realtor.com, and Redfin. These are the top five “Most Popular Real Estate Sites,” as derived from eBizMBA’s Rank, which is a continually updated average of each website’s Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank, from both Compete and Quantcast. So that means there’s no real need for a buyer’s real estate agent, right? If a buyer can find and visit a home on the web all on their own, why involve another party? The reason to use a real estate agent is to find a home and show homes available for sale, right?
WHY HOME BUYERS NEED A REAL ES UYERS NEED A REAL ESTATE AGENT
Ah, not so fast, friend. The reasons to use a real estate agent today are as valid as yesterday. The ease of online transactions and 2
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