Tag: Exclusive Buyer Agent

Real Estate Market Update – 3rd Quarter



October 7, 2013We are quickly entering the 'new normal' zone, described by many close to the industry and explained in the following real estate market update report for the 3rd quarter of this year.  Many brokers are reporting continued traffic but not at the same pace they saw from February and March forward.  According to Corelogic, the one predominant factor in the downslope is the rising interest...

Does This Price Tag Make Me Look Phat?



June 15, 2010First of all, “Phat” is pronounced fat and is slang for highly attractive.  And the answer is, “maybe”.   It’s tough trying to sell your home in a buyer’s market.  In today’s market you need to know quite a bit more than in previous years. Webster’s Dictionary states that “value” is: 1 : a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged; 2 :...

buyer’s agents Serve As Your Guide



June 3, 2010When your favorite fantasy character seems like a good person to turn too, it’s time to call an exclusive buyer’s agent. One thing that I wished I could find when I first decided to buy a home was a simple list of the steps involved in buying a house.  How do I get started?  Should I call a bank? Should I look online at houses? Should I call a real estate agent?  All I knew is that I...

Top 5 Things to Look for When Viewing Houses



June 1, 2010After looking at what feels like a million homes with our exclusive buyer’s agent, we became very efficient house hunters.  At first, it was hard to strip away the bad decorating or the incredible upgrades to the bathroom and see the house for what it really was.   Over and over again, I keep hearing this advice “Look at the things that you can’t change.”  Again, I have to go back to...

The Family Who Called House: In other words, making a second offer.



May 17, 2010Now that we have gone through this process a few times, I have realized that making an offer as a first time home buyer can be broken down into four stages: Stage One: This is The One: we will grow old in this house. Four times now my husband and I have called our friends and family, excited because we found a house in Colorado that we love! This is our third time that we have been ready to...

Meet Dana, First Time Home Buyer



May 13, 2010Hello Colorado Home Buyers! My name is Dana and my husband and I have  have decided to take the plunge and ...  buy a house! We’ve been renting for years, and we are tired of what we feel is “throwing money away.”  Every month our rent check is an investment for someone else.  We want to invest our money in our future.   It’s not just the money either, we are renting a house for...

What is the difference between an Exclusive Buyer’s Agent and a traditional Real Estate Agent?



May 5, 2010The difference between an Exclusive Buyer’s Agent and a traditional Real Estate Agent is that buyer's agent works only for people that are buying houses, while Real Estate Agents work for people that are selling houses and buying houses. Why does it matter? My favorite analogy that I heard was: if you get sued, are you going to hire the same lawyer representing the person suing you? It’s...