Searching the Internet for homes

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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!