{"id":3268,"date":"2009-07-20T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T16:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huntsville-realestate.net\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2009-07-20T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T16:02:01","slug":"internet-vs-huntsville-buyer%e2%80%99s-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/2009\/07\/20\/internet-vs-huntsville-buyer%e2%80%99s-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet vs The Buyer\u2019s Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">H<\/span>ere\u2019s an intriguing question: Given that it\u2019s so easy to search for homes on the internet, <strong>why do you need a buyer\u2019s agent<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Face it, if you use the MLS search tool on our web site, you\u2019re seeing exactly the same listings I see. And you know better than I ever could what you like and what you don\u2019t like.<\/p>\n<p>By now, the home search process is at best a partnership between the agent and the buyer. In some cases the buyer and I will work together to perfect our search criteria. But many buyers simply search the available inventory on their own, emailing me the MLS numbers of the homes they want to see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So why do those buyers need a buyer\u2019s agent<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Realtors hoarded the MLS data for so long that even they came to believe it was the source of their value to buyers. But this is very far from the truth.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t need me to search for listings, although I\u2019m happy to do that. And you don\u2019t need me to open lock-boxes. You need a buyer\u2019s agent to guide you through what is in fact an arcane and perilous process \u2014 potentially a financial disaster. You might not need me to find your next home, but you need me to make sure that you get it \u2014 or that you pass on it, if that is what is truly in your best interests.<\/p>\n<p>A skilled <strong>buyer\u2019s agent<\/strong> will write the kind of purchase contract that will prove surprising to you at every turn, with every term and condition tailored to achieve your best advantage. Your agent will supervise the inspection process and negotiate the optimal solution to the repair issues. Your agent will be prepared for every pitfall in the escrow process.<\/p>\n<p>If you bought and sold houses every day, you could do all these things yourself. It\u2019s because you don\u2019t \u2014 and because the seller and the listing agent are looking to take advantage of your naivete at every turn \u2014 that you need a skilled buyer\u2019s agent as your steadfast champion in the home-buying process.<\/p>\n<p>Guest Author:\u00a0 <a title=\"Bloodhound Realty\" rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greg Swann<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s an intriguing question: Given that it\u2019s so easy to search for homes on the internet, why do you need a buyer\u2019s agent? Face it, if you use the MLS search tool on our web site, you\u2019re seeing exactly the same listings I see. And you know better than I ever could what you like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athomeshuntsville.com\/realestate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}