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The Truth About Why You Shouldn’t Buy A Home Without A Realtor
I speak to many home buyers that have expressed their desire to purchase a home without using a real estate agent. Unfortunately, most of the time the reason I am speaking to them is because they already had a problem with a transaction. Usually their reasons for not wanting to use an agent are not thought out completely and often they don’t realize that these issues would not have occurred if they would have used a realtor to purchase the home.
 
Although every buyer that I speak to has their own reason for not wanting to use a realtor to purchase a home, I conclude it’s mostly a mixture of some of the reasons listed below:
 
They anticipate that this will help them save money on their purchase They happened to find a home that they wanted to buy when they were casually looking They conclude they don’t really need a realtor They would rather not be bothered by a real estate agent  
I am not writing this piece to try to convince you that you need to have the local knowledge of your own realtor to help you contract a 10% lower price when purchasing a home, or that the buyer’s ... more

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