Unfortunately, this happened again with the second REALTOR® I worked with. Finally, on my last day I hired an older gentleman as my REALTOR® buying agent and he was great! He showed me exactly what I was looking for and I purchased the second house he showed me. I learned that lesson the hard way. Fortunately, when you hire me as your buying agent, you will not have to learn the same lesson. I've got your back.
And I wasn't the only one who learned some tough lessons.
Alex was excited about making her first home purchase. Being in the Washington, D.C., area, she was limited with pricing options, with many of the lower-cost homes around $250,000. She went to several banks and got preapproved for different amounts at various lower interest rates. She found her dream condo, and, after some deliberating, she decided to go with the lowest rate of 7% offered by her lender. She completed her paperwork and submitted it with her 10% deposit. The rate wasn’t her only deciding factor. Personnel had been friendly and great at communication, making her feel very comfortable about the process. Until now. Suddenly, it seemed as though all of the bank's cooperation dropped off the map. A closing process that should have taken 30 days or less turned into several months of waiting and a larger deposit of an additional $20,000. They ran her in circles, until the seller told her, through the real estate agent, that the deal was over if she didn’t find another solution. Luckily, the seller’s real estate agent referred her to
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