Buyer Agent Services in The Blue Mountains
Buyer Agent Services in The Blue Mountains
Welcome dear readers, if you are a prospective buyer you’ve come to the right place! Today I share with you, open and honestly, exactly what services we provide you as your Buyer Agent… in fact, I provide 45 reasons why you should hire me as your trusted advisor, so let’s get started on what Buyer Agent Services in The Blue Mountains that I offer.
45 things we do for you as your Buyer Agent in The Blue Mountains:
- Help you identify your buying goals and expectations
- Lead you into developing your wish list, prioritizing your must-haves, nice-to-haves, and must-not-haves as we explore your options (we want you to have your dream home, but some items you may be interested in renovating, or painting, and others are a little trickier to tackle).
- Recommend the ideal timing to buy a home, balancing what’s best for you with what’s happening in the current real estate market.
- Help you secure financing by referring to preferred mortgage brokers if you do not already have a mortgage broker you are working with.
- Send you listings of homes for sale.
- Identify potential homes, neighborhoods and opportunities you may have overlooked.
- Help you understand which government programs and rebates you qualify for (in fact, we want to provide you with resources and educate you, so check out our incentives for first time buyers)
- Preview properties on your behalf and sift through what fits or doesn’t fit your needs that you have described to us.
- Coordinate and schedule in-person showings including figuring out best routes.
- Tour you through homes.
- Help you buy a sound property by referring you to the best Home Inspectors.
- Connect you with Local Real Estate Lawyers.
- Review the legal records of the Property and Complete Due Diligence (Title, Open Permits, Status certificates, Easements & More!) to understand any potential issues.
- Introduce you to exclusive homes that are For Sale, but not necessarily on the MLS®.
- Provide a Market Evaluation (to see local comparables) and review recent statistics of the property you are interested in before you offer if that is something you are interested in.
- Help you understand Land Transfer Taxes, Legal Fees and Closing Costs; so you don’t have any surprises on Closing Day (Check out our Buyer Services tab for extra Buyer Resources!).
- Ask for Monthly expenses from the Listing Agent and help you plan for the ongoing expense of owning a home.
- Keep your emotions in check!
- Provide negotiating strategies and recommendations.
- Continuously educate you through every step of the process.
- Find out as much as possible about the history of the home, when it was last sold, and for how much.
- Play mediator (comes naturally as you’ll read About Us, I was a family mediator). During the sometimes-complicated relationships between spouses and others involved in the buyer process my previous history certainly helps!
23. Help manage the stress & emotions that occur when looking for and buying a home.
24. Protect and work in your best interest at all times.
25. Go into scary, spider filled basements.
26. Watch MLS® for listings that might work for you.
27. Explain and educate past pricing trends and what may come in the future (no one has a crystal ball to tell us the answers, but based on statistics and information we will share the latest insights with you).
28. Go beyond the “statistics”, keep it real, what’s REALLY happening out there!
29. Develop and nurture relationships with other agents to ensure smooth communication at time of your offer.
30. Don’t see what you could do to infuse equity into the home? We do! We have tons of blog posts to help give you ideas on how to increase your homes value like: 5 projects to add value to your home and Environmental home swaps to increase your home value.
31. Bidding war? Been there, won those! I will help you prepare to put your best foot forward and improve your chances of your offer being accepted by providing you with tried and true advice. Learn more about multiple offers on offer day in my blog here!
32. Negotiate! Negotiate! Negotiate! Always in your best interest! This is why it’s crucial to go with a buyer agent rather than direct to the listing agent. You can learn more about this from our video:
33. Support you during possibly disappointing times during the home buying process.
34. Attend the Home Inspection on your behalf.
35. Read, understand and relay to you a seller pre-listing home inspection, highlighting any red flags. Note: These are not always included. A pre-listing home inspection is when a seller provides a home inspection in advance so you may not need to include it in your conditions when you submit your offer.
36. Coordinate ordering status certificates if you are purchasing a condominium
37. Keep track of required dates, timelines, waivers and/or amendments connected with your offer.
38. Coordinate with mortgage appraisers.
39. Send the agreement to your Lawyer for closing preparations.
40. Provide a detailed list of preferred partners (trades, handyman services, cleaning services, etc.) that you’ll need after you take possession of your property.
41. Accompany you on walk through visits to your soon-to-be home!
42. Complete Due Diligence before closing to ensure all Chattels are in good working order.
43. Hold your hand through to closing day, navigating any issues that arise together.
44. Ensure easy access to the keys on Closing Day.
45. Celebrate with you after a successful sale and closing!
Throughout the entire buying process, we have a wonderful team here at Builds by the Bay to help advise, educate and check in with you. We’d love for you to have a quick read for yourself what our clients have to say about us on our About Us Testimonials page. Have any questions? If you are interested in us and our Buyer Agent Services in The Blue Mountains – We’d love to help, so contact us today and lets make your dream a reality.
If you are a prospective seller, we work with all clients, so check out my blog post Listing Agent Services in The Blue Mountains where we share 50+ things we do for you, along with The Benefits of working with a Local Thornbury real estate Agent.
