When you sign an exclusive agency agreement, you agree to work with the agent for a specific period of time—usually one to six months. In exchange for the agent’s loyalty and best efforts, you agree to purchase a home through that agent only. For example, if you happen to drop in on an open house and fall in love with it, you are bound by the contract to go back to your agent to write up an offer. Continue reading →
Home-Buying Tip: Understanding the Buyer’s Agency
As mentioned previously, the buyer’s agent usually gets paid by the seller through the listing agency commission split. This allows you to retain a buyer’s agent to represent you in the transaction and it doesn’t cost you anything. Continue reading →
Entrusting Your Important Financial Decision to a Professional (2)
Next, they met with the agent assigned to help, and she made a list of their areas of interest, home styles, and amenities. Keeping the price range between $290,000 and $315,000, the agent entered the buyer’s preferences into the MLS database and came up with thirty-three possibilities. Continue reading →
Entrusting Your Important Financial Decision to a Professional
Many prospective home buyers use Aunt Susan, Uncle Harry, or a neighbor who just got his or her real estate license. They don’t realize how complex real estate transactions are and how easily a slip-up can cost you big bucks. The last thing you want to do is entrust one of the most important financial decisions in your life to an amateur. Continue reading →
Choosing the Right Heating for Your House
Be wise is really important. We should be wise in making any decisions, especially the things that are related to our lives directly, such as the place of our home, the gadgets we use inside the house, etc. If you want to live comfortable in your house, of course you have to choose the gadgets carefully by comparing the benefits and drawbacks of each gadget or brand. Continue reading →