CHAPTER 1 How Real Estat eal Estate Agents e Agents Help Home Buyers At the start, I’ll come right out and tell you I’m a real estate agent — proudly so! Nice to meet you! I’m not trying to sell you anything, but I’m pleased to be of service. I’m giving you the benefits of experience and advice I have gleaned throughout my career selling houses and being in real estate transactions — for both sellers and buyers. We can talk if you want me to help you find a house. Call me if you need me. 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, Redfin, or one of hundreds of other real estate websites. So that means there’s no need for a buyer’s real estate agent, right? Using a real estate agent is to find a home and show homes available for sale, right? If a buyer can find and visit a home on the web independently, why involve another party?
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 the proliferation of services to assist buyers in handling their real estate transactions have come about recently throughout the last decade. This has caused buyers to wonder if 2
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