Add a comment | Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Let the Home Search Begin!
When buying a home, it’s important to think carefully about what it is your looking for in a home. You have heard it before, location location location! Most people have an idea of the location or area they prefer, whether it is for a certain school district, close to work or to be near family. This would be in my opinion, the first priority of buyers. Then the search begins to find a home with the features you want in that neighborhood. Here is a sample of the Realty World Home Buyer System that seems useful to our buyers.
Where do you se
arch?
Typically when you get together with your real estate agent, they will make a list of your criteria. That can become a search in the MLS system that can be emailed to you daily. There are also many websites available to search on such as Realtor.com and Trulia.com, Trulia gives a lot of good information such as maps,schools,recent solds,etc… The listings you are interested in can be emailed to your agent. The agent can then get more information and make an appointment for you to view the home. Some agents have websites that have a customizable search for buyers. The real estate agent and the buyer receive an email when a property that matches the buyers search comes up.
Keep in mind once you have hired an agent work with you, they are spending alot of their time looking for a property and setting up showings for you. If you see a property in the paper or while out driving around, call your agent about it. They will usually have the property info available to them and can give you the information that your looking for.
