Buyer Representation – How Can We Help?

Debe,  So true, you really do want someone representing YOU, the buyer, but I think customers are confused why they need this.  Nice post to help clear up the confusion.  All the best, Michelle

Debe - Great information here about buyer agency and the many benefits a consumer has with their buyer agent.  It is still one of the most misunderstood aspects of the real estate process.  We like to say to our clients that we are their advocate when we represent them, whether it be buyer agency or seller agency.  They feel comfortable knowing they have someone that truly represents them.  ~ Chris

Great post Debe! It is important for the consumer to understand the difference between agency relationships. With a buyers agent one can be assured that their best interests are being looked out for!

Great breakdown of a buyer's agent and the points that the consumer can get more educated on!

Debe, good idea to blog this. Even some of us veterans get lulled into forgeting that many folks in the general public do not realize what we do as a buyers agent. Nothing wrong with getting back to basics.

Debe, By giving your buyers all possible information in order for them to make an informed decision when making an offer is key to building trust and maintaining good client relations. Pat Kennedy mentioned your post and I enjoyed it very much! Thank you.

Thanks to Pat Kennedy for leading me to your post about buyer representation. You answered the question well.

Hi Deba,  Very well written and aducational post.  This entire cioncept is not well understood by buyers !   Happy 2010 to you !

Outstanding advice!  Glad I stopped by the Week in Review!

Pat Kennedy sent me here. Great blog, Debra. It is so true that many home buyers don't know what a buyer's agent can do for them. I showed buyers a home yesterday, and they told me they had an appointment with the listing agent of another home to see that home next week. After I finished explaining to them how agents work, I asked if they wanted me to show them that home. Absolutely, they replied, and they understood why they would be better off being loyal to one agent. But before they walked in the door, they hadn't a clue.

I think as agents we need to stop to consider that not everybody deals in real estate day-in and day-out like we do, and some of the things that we take for granted, buyers have no knowledge of. It pays to go over the basics with them so they are armed with knowledge.

I've found so far that explaining all of these things to my buyers while they are reading through the BBA has worked well. Some people (friends of mine in particular) think my job is just driving around showing houses to people. They have no idea what we do.

TNT

Great overview of the agent's duty to a buyer and certainly one that should make the buyer comfortable that their interests are being fully represented.

This is a great resource for buyers anywhere, Debe. I hope you don't mind if I reblog...it definitely compliments something I wrote before the end of the year, to a degree.