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HOW REAL ESTATE 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 for out of 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 career selling houses and being in real estate transactions — for both sellers and buyers. Then, 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,
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