Has anyone had a Real Estate agent....

[JamDat]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

....actually help them find a house??

Since we're moving across the country, we didn't exactly have time to shop for a good agent and basically picked the first one that fell into our laps.

Pros: She (and any agent) have keys that can let you into any home at almost any time. If your home is listed, it is just about open to any other agent who wants to show it.

Cons: Other than THAT, just about everything. She is doing squat. Gone are the days when agents helped you FIND a home (we're doing that ALL on our home), so why are they going to get 20 grand?


So..... Has anyone bought a home recently where their agent actively helped, using their knowledge of the area, find a home?

Yep we sure did. Our agent was very good. We bought our first house with her help and she told us to bid $100 more then the asking price because their were two others putting in bids at the same time. We won the bid.

Our second home that we bought last fall we almost lost because the people were selling for less than what they owed on it. The bank wouldn't take a cut so she took a cut in commission and talked the their agent into taking a cut to make the sale happen.

She worked with us for about a month each time finding and showing us homes that she thought we might like.

Then when we used someone else to sell our other home after we just this one, we got burned by a lazy agent. Lesson learned and we went to our favorite buying agent. In two months (about three weeks ago) she had our home sold which was a big relief. Don't and I repeat don't ever buy a more expensive home without selling your current home in a down market! We almost didn't make it, but God is good and it sold just in time.