Home Buyer OR Golfers? Advice comes at a price for Peter Jacobsen

What is the cost of my free advice to prospective home buyers? All my advice is not right for everyone all the time.  Here's a true story.  Peter Jacobsen, a PGA golfer, tells this story about himself.  After 20 plus years of grinding away in obscurity and mediocrity on the PGA Tour, he decided to see if anything remained of his once great promise.  Instead of being a winner he became known as a fan favorite, a quick wit, and ultimately a TV golf commentator.  But as a golfer he was rarely a factor.  So, nearing his 40's, Peter Jacobsen began to get a desire to try again to be what he always thought he could be - a great golfer.  So back to his original teacher, mentor, coach, he went.  "Could you help me get back" to what was once a promising career? , he asked.  He was told plainly that he was wasting his time.  Why?  It turns out that Peter was a glutton for advice.  He enjoyed getting advice from all the experts.  And he got advice from the other players....and books....    He discovered that other players made a joke of it that he was trying so many different things.  One said that if a fly came up and offered Peter Jacobsen a putting tip that Peter would go out and give it a try.  Peter realized finally that maybe he should make a firm commitment to one way and follow through.  The result:  with dedication and hard work he won 2 PGA tournaments in 1995 at an age most golfers were washed up.....and just 3 years ago Peter Jacobsen won the US Senior Open Championship.   APPLYING THIS TO REAL ESTATE :  There is also NO shortage of advice for either Buyers or Sellers.  You can easily overwhelm yourself with options and choices.... and in the end you are always worse off.  Find yourself a KNOWLEDGEABLE Realtor and trust him/her.   It does not work to try and piece together advice from multiple sources.  Your Realtor knows what you should do - knows you - and knows what is best for you.  If you do not YET have a Realtor, you should get one....