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Finding a real estate agent?
Spouse and I have been looking into a buying a home and have gone through the steps with the bank/loan officer. We are pre-qualified and have done everything but given him the go-ahead to actually run our credit score (he has looked at our credit report, tax returns, W2s, bank statements, etc.). So we've been mostly looking at places online up to this point, but now want an agent to sit down and talk with.
For some reason, we've had a hard time finding one. We've emailed a few different people that we've found that look good and deal with the areas we are looking at, and none of them have gotten back to us. We've also inquired about specific houses that are on the market with questions and heard nothing in response. Is this typical? Should it really be this hard? Since the areas that work best for us are pretty far away from where we live now, it isn't really feasible for us to just show up at an open house or a real estate office; we want to have someone to talk to that can set us up for multiple showings over the course of a single day so we can get the most out of it when we drive all the way out there.
Re: Finding a real estate agent?
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As a realtor, I find it appaling that no one got back to you. My husband and I always try to get back in touch with people within a few hours at the most.
If you need recomendations in your area, please email me and I'd be happy to help you find someone. kschulz@keithandkinsey.com
I'm going to give a quick disclaimer: I know that everyone's experience is different, but this opinion is based on my personal experience.
My fiance and I recently purchased a home - closed in November. With that being said, if I had to do it all over again - I wouldn't have wasted the six months of actually having a Realtor. We essentially did all of the work (finding listings that interested us, following up with sellers' realtors, looking at comps on Zillow) - except for filling out the TEMPLATE contract. The final straw was when he sent us back a contract with the WRONG HOUSE ADDRESS! As soon as we let him know that we were not using a Realtor - we began looking ourselves and reaching out to the sellers' Realtors. Within one month - we were under contract with a fantastic house - which we now live in!
When we started the home buying process - I was intimidated. I grew up thinking I NEEDED to have a Realtor to purchase a home. However, I don't necessarily think this is the case in certain situations. I'm not saying this is for EVERYONE - but if you have some spare time to do research on the home buying process - don't sell yourself short in finding and purchasing a home without a Realtor.