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I am looking to buy a house in a few months. Early June basically. I am finding some interesting homes at Zillow. But how did you do it? Like did you just went for open housing and submit an offer? Did you have a real estate agent or so? I am not sure how it is working. Like if I like a home at Zillow and they have their own real estate agent and we have ours how does the seller pays them or so? Any tips will be more than appreciated here.
So once you start booking appointments to see the property, zillow/redfin assigns you an agent(buyer's agent). Thats the person who walks you through all the process and nitty grittys of it. They dont charge you though, seller pays them.
Get your preapproval letter first
Get recommendations. Meet several agents and pick the one you like best. In most places waiting to find a house on zillow means you are far too late.
This. If you have a good buying agent, they will find you homes before they even hit the market.
Most of agents will push you to buy as it is tied to their commission. It is conflict of interest kind of role, borderline scam. Find well connected agent who can help you to get your offer accepted. For rest, you have rely on your research to make right decision for you.
DM me and I’ll share my contact.
Which area
Find them directly talk to them, negotiate if you want a different level of service then they're offering.... If you go through a third party, it'll increase cost and leave money on the table both you or the agent could have kept
I am an agent. Feel free to DM me, there are some really important questions to ask to your prospective agent before you commit to working with them.
Just go with a fixed cost agent. Commission based agents have a conflict of interest. It favors them to have you bid as high as possible as quick as possible, which is opposite of what you want. These days with redfin, Zillow you don't even need much help from agents.
A good agent will make a huge difference in terms of negotiating, understanding comps, calling out concerns with specific neighborhoods/buildings, etc. where are you located?