dualagency: 3 Reasons You Should Hire an Agent when Buying a Home
- 09/13/13 09:24 AM
Here are a few good reasons for getting your OWN agent when buying a home: 1. You become a client, not a customer Without an agent on your side you are just a customer to the seller and their agent. According to the National Association of Realtors, "As a customer, a buyer is not represented by an agent... the agent cannot negotiate on the buyer's behalf nor reveal to the buyer any confidences of the client, the client is the seller." Want someone looking out for you? Don't use the seller's agent! Become a CLIENT of an agent who will represent (0 comments)
dualagency: Buying a Home (Smarter, not Harder)
- 05/07/07 05:27 PM
Utah's smartest homebuyers have found that the best way to buy a home is to make sure the agent working for them, works ONLY for them! Think about it:In Utah, the Seller's Agent is bound to get the Seller the best price and terms. Can the Seller's agent prepare a market analysis for you and recommend that you make an offer well below the list price? NO. Will the Seller's Agent recommend that you ask the Seller to make repairs, or ask the Seller to pay your closing costs? And then do thier best to negotiate with the Seller on your behalf and get them to (0 comments)
dualagency: Three Good Reasons to Use an Exclusive Buyers Agent (EBA)
- 05/07/07 04:48 PM
1. You Become A Client, Not A Customer Without the benefits of using Homebuyer Representation as your Exclusive Buyers Agent, you become just a customer to the Seller and their agent. According to the National Association of Realtors, "As a customer, a buyer is not represented by an agent... the agent cannot negotiate on the buyer's behalf nor reveal to the buyer any confidences of the client, the client is the seller." 2. You and only you are being represented By signing our exclusive buyer agency agreement, you establish a contractual relationship with us. This makes us accountable to you and not (2 comments)
dualagency: Exclusive Buyer's Agents mentioned in Kiplinger's Personal Finance
- 04/02/07 07:29 AM
An article in the March 2007 edition of Kiplinger's Personal Finance shares some of the benefits of hiring an Exclusive Buyer's Agent. The point of the article (and it's title) was: Hire your own AGENT Just as two sports teams would not use the same coach, and two parties with conflicting interests would not use the same attorney in a court of law, there are real differences of interest between a Buyer and a Seller in a real estate transaction and I believe that each party should seek independent representation. Exclusive Buyers Agents work exclusively for the Buyer. My job is to protect (2 comments)