Top Recommendation for Home Buyers
My top recommendation for both first time home buyers and all real estate buyers is Home Buyer Tip # 1 – Hire an Experienced Realtor. Home buyers will find a much smoother and more pleasant home buying experience when they hire an experienced Realtor to represent them as their real estate buyer agent. Buying a home can turn out to be an unpleasant or even unsuccessful experience if your real estate agent does not have the knowledge or ability to successfully negotiate an acceptable contract and manage the transaction to a closing.
Do you really want to hire your friend the new real estate agent?
The temptation for many home buyers is to hire their friend or extended family member who may have just become a real estate agent and needs clients. It can be even worse to hire the part-time real estate agent who has worked for “years” but has few real estate transactions under their belt and little actual experience. The home buyer may pay a high price in terms of lost time and wasted money if the real estate agent they hire can’t write a contract that a seller will accept or can’t successfully manage the inspection, mortgage, and title escrow process to a successful closing.
Recommendations from a listing agent on how to get your real estate offer accepted.
When I am working as a listing agent for a seller, I will often talk with buyer agents calling on one of my listings. They are calling to inquire if we are already working on any offers on the listing. I often hear from these agents that they have been working for months with a home buyer, but have been unable to get a contract accepted. I will often receive contract offers on my listings from these same inexperienced real estate agents that are poorly written, lack required contract items, or contain terms that your typical home seller will not accept. In today’s competitive real estate market where sellers often receive multiple offers on their homes, few sellers will consider an incomplete contract offer. The real estate buyer agent that submits the most competitive offer that is properly drafted and contains all required documents is the most likely to have their offer accepted by the seller. These types of offers are usually submitted by an experienced Realtor.
An experienced Realtor is better prepared to manage your contract to closing.
Managing an executed contract to closing can be equally daunting unless you hire an experienced Realtor. Once you have an accepted contract offer on a home, the real estate buyer agent has many tasks they have to complete prior to the buyer closing on the home purchase. Contingency deadlines have to be met for delivery of the Option Check, Earnest Money Deposit, scheduling of inspections, and negotiations for repairs. Buyer mortgage financing has to receive lender approval by the end of the financing contingency. Deadlines have to be met by the real estate buyer agent on all of these items or the buyer could potentially lose their option to terminate the contract or receive a return of their earnest money deposit if they choose to back out of the contract. Failure to complete these items and close in a timely manner could result in a delayed or failed home closing. Home buyers have a better chance of avoiding problems and closing on time when they decide to hire an experienced Realtor.
Just go ahead and hire an experienced Realtor!
Give me a call, if you want to hire an experienced Realtor in Houston. I have over 20 years of experience working full time as a Houston Realtor. Over a hundred of my past clients have submitted 5 star online reviews of me. Give me a call and I would happy to help you buy a home.
