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Real Estate Matters: How to Know If You Can Trust Your Agent to Find Your Future Home

Written by Posted On Monday, 12 June 2017 16:13

Buying your first house is both invigorating and frightening. Unless you yourself have expertise in real estate, you probably aren't too sure where to start. As a result, you should start following a few tips to help select the right real estate agent for you.

Choose Local Professionals

Chances are that you don't want to wait forever to find your perfect house, so you want someone who is familiar with the neighborhood. Selecting a real estate agent who does not know the neighborhood can leave you with a number of unanswered questions and a sense of unease in the process. Most agents specialize in certain neighborhoods or counties, so you have the option to work with someone who has local experience.

Note the Internet Presence

Gone are the days where you have to sift through piles of newspapers or constantly drive around neighborhoods to find out what houses are on the market. The internet offers a plethora of information, so you want to work with a real estate group, such as The Hometown Team at RE/MAX Integrity, that has a clear web presence. For example, if the agency has a website with a blog and a social media presence, you can have greater confidence that they can use the internet to help you find your dream home.

Read Real Reviews

While the internet can help you to find a home, it can also lead you to false reviews or highly biased opinions about real estate agents. Choosing a trusted website for reviews is a smart idea, and you should also speak with relatives and friends who have used the real estate agent. It's true that different people will have varying perspectives on real estate agents, but getting an opinion from someone whom you trust is also likely to raise your confidence in the agent.

Consider Your Rapport

Depending upon how extensive your search for your first home is, you could end up working with your real estate agent for a long time, which means that the rapport you two establish early on is important. If you feel that the real estate agent is abrasive or does not have your best interests in mind, then you may need to move on to someone else. Take a look at the entire picture though. First impressions are sometimes incorrect.

Trusting your real estate agent is important because you are putting a great deal of money and faith into this transaction. Building trust is an ongoing process. Still though, you can gauge how successful the relationship might be from the start.

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