Buyers Representative

When you hire a buyer agent to work for you, you are typically not only hiring them, but you’ll be hiring a whole network of people from the lender to the attorney, insurance agent, etc. that will be advocating for you and protecting you through the process. Most buyer agents will have a network of people they are familiar with and trust. They can recommend a trusted network to you that they have had success with many times before. Understand that the network is just as important to the agent as it is to you. They will not normally recommend anyone that they can’t trust to get the job done as in the end, everyone wants to make it to the closing table. The agent isn’t getting paid to recommend these people, they just know and trust that when it comes down to it, they will go to bat for you and make sure you come out on top in the end. They will also make your agent’s job easier because they won’t have to chase them down to meet deadlines. Having this trusted network is part of what a buyer agent can use to convince the selling side of a smooth transaction and possibly to accept your offer over others despite it being lower in value.

Sellers Representative

Seller’s agents handle many tasks involved with selling a home, including:

• Helping you analyze the market to figure out if it is a good time to sell
• Giving you advice for maximizing your property’s value
• Connecting you with other professionals to help prepare or improve your home
• Staging your home
• Listing your home on multiple listing services
• Helping you price your home
• Marketing the home: running tours, organizing open houses
• Serving as the go-between in negotiations with buyers
• Drawing up the purchase agreement