here are a number of ways A home buying partner is
in which home buyers find different from a buyer's agent. A
and purchase the home of home buying partner, instead,
their dreams. Some work with real helps with the paperwork, helps
estate agents – specifically, with negotiating and closing on
with a buyer's agent – who will the home.
do most of the searching for them
and who will receive a commission Just as home sellers can save
based on the price of the home. with a Flat Fee MLS service, home
Others choose to do the footwork buyers will be able to save as
all on their own – they search well. Home buyers can save by
through listings in the using a flat fee service in the
newspaper, look at flyers and following ways:
drive through the neighborhoods
where they would like to live. Home buyers can save by taking on
the responsibility of finding the
Still others who are looking to perfect home. Rather than having
buy a home look at ways in which a buyer's agent who does the
they can buy a home online. “home work,” it will be up to the
buyer to find homes matching
One element of buying a home their own criteria – something
online is searching through that can often be done online;
listings to find homes that are
available. Another element is is Home buyers will be the ones who
finding the right partners – real seek out open houses or will take
estate professionals who will on the responsibility of
assist them with closing on a scheduling a time to preview the
home, not with finding the right homes that are interested in
home for them. seeing;
Home buyers will take to the using a Flat Fee MLS listing to
showing a card or other statement gain exposure for the property
by which they let the seller know that they are selling, home
they are using a flat fee service buyers are able to use flat fee
to purchase a new home; services to save thousands while
buying a home. Just as sellers
Home buyers, once they've found are able to have access to the
the right home for them, will tools and services that they need
work with the flat fee service to to make the process of selling a
make an offer and close on their home easier, home buyers can use
purchase. flat fee services to have access
to the tools and services they
As a reward for doing the need to by a home.
majority of the work on their
own, home buyers who use a flat When the time comes for you to
fee service – services from real buy a home, why not take
estate companies that allow advantage of ways in which you
sellers to use Flat Fee MLS can save? Why rely on a buyer's
listings to sell their homes – agent to do things that you can
will receive a rebate at the end do yourself? Buy a home online;
of the transaction. This rebate buy a home on your own with a
will come from the commission flat fee real estate service.
typically paid to a buyer's
agent. Do the work on your own and get
help when you need it with a flat
In other words, just as sellers fee real estate service.
can save thousands of dollars
About the Author:
Lawrence Bunnell is a Partner and the Principal Broker of IHS Realty, an Internet based, real estate brokerage company offering consumers online, flat-fee, 'a la carte' real estate brokerage products and services. Lawrence has been a full-time licensed REALTOR® since 1984 and is currently a licensed real estate broker in Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Georgia, South Carolina and Pennsylvania. In addition to his role as the firm's Prinicipal Real Estate Broker, his duties include serving as the head of web application design and development and Internet marketing initiatives for IHS. http://www.ihsrealty.com/
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