Pennsylvania Realtor
Don’t ever lose sight of the fact that real state is simply another word for a salesman. Their one and only purpose is to sell, sell, sell to YOU. Don’t be obvious that you are in a desperate situation, or that you need to immediately pay some bills and you are trying to sell the house because of that , or that you are being transferred to another city, thus the immediate need for the house . They do not need to know about all those issues and to them , you are not in a rush to buy a house.
If your Pennsylvania real estate agent’s pay is based on the price of a house you are buying , you cannot be sure that the agent as a sincere interest in help you and your family . The only way to be sure of that is to actually pay a large fee to a real buyer’s agent who doesn’t get paid based on the price of the house . To play it safe , never tell anyone but yourself how high you are willing and able to go. By law the seller’s realtor has a fiduciary responsibility to the seller, and they WILL tell the seller everything you say , so take it as if you were being recorded or interrogated . The first thing the realtor will ask is how high are you willing to go . Don’t fall for this trick . Just give them the price you can pay for the house and if they ask how high you are willing to go, tell them that’s it . If you are buying the house , don’t think your real estate agent is “going in to do negotiating on your behalf” with the seller’s agent. That’s just like your car salesman ” going to negotiate with the manager ” on your offer for a new car.
If you are buying a house instead of selling a house, you really don’t need a real estate agent . For many home buyers, the only purpose a real estate agent serves is to get the buyer past the guard at a gated community, or to unlock the key to the seller’s empty house from the lock box on the front door. All these things can be done by your property attorney including the closing and escrow . But if you know you have a great Pennsylvania Real Estate Agent who will tenaciously hunt down houses matching your criteria , it can save you a lot of time. But remember that you do still need a good property attorney, and no matter what happens , don’t let your agent choose your property attorney. You need to find your own property attorney .
