I have asked many prospects and past clients as well as people that I have not worked with that reside in states outside of MA the above question.
It is interesting that over the last 5 years the the things that were important to people has changed. It appears that more people now want to ensure that the professional that the are considering working with has integrity. They also want to check references and in many cases have at minimum one meeting to get to know each other before passing any information to that person.

I think all these trends are a great thing. It is time for the professionals to lead the way and the rest to get out of the business.

Your mortgage person and Realtor should always be doing continuing education as well as building relationships with other professionals. The reason is simple a great mortgage person or Realtor will do much more then just get you a loan of get your offer accepted on a home, or get an offer accepted on your listing.

They will be part of your day to day. What I mean by this is simple. They will make themselves available to you in off hours so that you the client can work with as Little interruptions as possible to your day. Today's world has many already worried about their own jobs they should with a good team be able to limit the amount of interaction that needs to take place at the work place.

The building relationships with other professionals is key. If you the client needs an electrician to quote some work your team should be able to provide you a great one. If your new to the area your team should be able to provide you with an excellent local tax accountant.

Again getting you a great rate and competitive closing costs is important but the key is to have that professional bring more to the table for you. You should at the end of the transaction want to go out of your way to refer the professional that you have used as long as they have brought you value.

I would love to hear others comments. Enjoy your day and in today's business market we should all be brining more to the table and expecting more when we are the consumer.

If you have any questions please call me at 774-573-0329. I would love to talk to all renters about the 8k tax credit and ways that a house can still be purchased with 100% financing.