Searching the Internet for homes

When people like you decide to by or sell real estate you have a VERY DIFFICULT JOB, to find people who will work for you, do the best job for you AND understand how to search the Internet for information and homes without being bombarded by people because you filled out some forms on search sites.

This post gives you some tips about what happens when you go out there and start doing searches, fill out forms etc. There are a number of sites which you might consider as third party sites or neutral sites that you can get information from without making commitments. When you fill out forms on these sites most likely your information is being provided to agents who have agreed to pay these sites fees if the agents can get you to work with them. You should also be aware that sometimes you may be looking at a listing at a third party site and you might be led to believe that an agent, prominently displayed with the listing is the listing agent and you should call them, this is NOT necessarily so. Some of the agents have paid the third party sites fees to be placed in this way. The point is if you really want to talk to a listing agent about a listing you may not being talking to the person you thought you were.

So what do you do about all of this? This may be of little or no concern to you and that’s good, however if you feel you want to be able to choose who you want to ultimately work with, ask some basic questions Like “Are you the listing agent for the property at 123 easy Street”? If not “Can you provide me with information on how I can contact them”? Another question would be “how did you get my info”, they should be able to tell you what site provided them the info and you might ask them, “if you would decide to work with them to solve your real estate transaction would they be paying that site a referral fee”? Again this may or may not be important to you and that’s fine, you still have the right to know upfront.

So why is this important to you? When you decide to work with a Real Estate agent to help you buy or sell real estate you are given or should be given the opportunity of how you want to be represented because of Agency Laws that are regulated by the State the agents work in. The choice of Agency should be offered to you long before you get into specifics of your real estate needs like financing, reasons for buying or selling, discussions of making offers, making offers etc. Most consumers don’t realize the importance of the agency relationship they establish with a Real Estate agent, you should!

Chesterfield MO Homes for Sale Search made Easy!

Trying to find homes for Sale in Chesterfield, MO can be difficult on google. Why you say, well their are oodles, gosh haven’t used that in a long time, anyway oodles of Chesterfield Homes for Sale, but they aren’t all Chesterfield, MO homes. There are Chesterfield Counties, there are Chesterfields in VA and a bunch of other places, so search for Homes for Sale in Chesterfield, MO can be difficult, especially if you want to do your search for Chesterfield, MO homes through someone local. A lot of the big Aggregator Sites come up in the top positions when Searching Chesterfield MO homes for sale and they are really all about getting your contact info so they can try and convince you to use an agent that will pay them a fee. So if you want to search for Chesterfield MO homes for sale at a site provided by a local agent just click here and you will be taken to a site that will let you search not just Chesterfield MO homes for sale but homes in the entire St Louis MO Region. Good House hunting!!

First time buyers the clock is ticking…FAST!

Today is August 7, 2009 the deadline for first time buyers to take advantage of the Tax Credit, no make that a Gift of up to $8,000.00 is December 1, 2009, ok so what’s the rush you’ve got 115 days, plenty of time to put that off right?

Wrong! Think about it, let’s say it takes 30 days to find the right house, then 5 days to negotiate the deal, then another 30 days to do the inspections, finalize the loan and closing preparations and that is a pretty “perfect” picture not considering anything going wrong, what if the building inspection reveals some serious items that can’t be resolved, or a title issue comes up that will take time to get corrected or any number of things that might go wrong, but in the “perfect scenario” it only leaves you 50 days of room to be able to qualify for the Tax credit, why not stop putting it off and take advantage of this gift/opportunity you have? Are you unsure about how it works, did you know that if you have not owned a home for the past 2 years you might qualify as a first time homebuyer. Remember in a perfect real estate deal and from the day this is written October 11, 2009 is the drop dead date to be able to take advantage of this and October 11 will be here before you know it. In the Greater St louis Area get started at www.buyahomeinchesterfield.com

In the Beginning….

Well is this the start of something big? I hope so! This blog will hopefully focus on real estate more particularly real estate in St Louis but don’t let that hold you back if you feel so moved to chime in. Every once in awhile it may go ”outside the box” after all there is a lot going on in the on this planet we call earth so we don’t want to confine ourselves.