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Buying a Home - The Game Plan

1. Consult & Create a Game Plan (1-7 months before the move)

When the time to move approaches, it makes sense to develop a plan and you should have your best advisors at the table.  A recent survey indicated that 80% of those who bought a home relied on their real estate agent to help formulate and execute their plan, at the sellers expense.  Yes, the money for your agent comes from the seller in the typical transaction.

When should you formulate your game plan?  The sooner the better.  If new construction is your destination, they may have homes available today or they may still be waiting for permits to start digging.  It could take as much as a year.  Buying a resale home (one that had a prior owner) can be done within a matter of a couple of weeks.  But, there are thousands of details to manage.  A strong, proactive, progressive real estate team delivers guidance on a number of issues that could save you $1000's:

• Planning, Timing & a Steady, Guiding Hand-Buying a home requires thousands of details to be handled, on time.  This demands a team and a network of specialists.  You need a single point of contact, a single person who you can trust to watch the process and keep it on schedule, while looking out for your best interest.  A strong real estate team does that.
• Negotiation Experts-Home purchasing includes emotion for both buyer and seller.  This creates a delegate balance.  You need a skilled negotiator who knows when to press, when to be quiet and knows how to get you what you want at the best value. A strong real estate agent does that.
• Unique Local Market Knowledge-The same model in the same subdivision with the same upgrades and the same condition can appreciate at dramatically different rates.  This can cost the owners $1000's.  You need to be provided with the broadest body of regional and local knowledge as possible.  A strong real estate team does that.
• Financial Understanding & Powerful Solutions-It may only take a month to find, buy and move into your new home, but you will live with the mortgage for 30 years.  You need a financially sophisticate, knowledgeable 3rd party to inform and advise you on your options.  A strong real estate team does that.
• Powerful Tools You Can Use-Whether you want to dig in to the current inventory hourly on your own or you want your agent team to prescreen, you need powerful tools on your team.  The more powerful the tools, the better chance you have of getting what you want when you want it.  A strong real estate team delivers that.
• A Team of Specialists-Everybody wants you to own your own home.  Real estate provides a stage for your family's home.  The government, banks and an army of professional stand ready to spring into action to help you, buy a home of your own.  Understanding your situation, knowing what resources to use and orchestrating the entire event requires a compassion, knowledge, determination and tenacity.  A strong real estate team delivers that.

It possible to do all this on your own.  You should ask yourself: When was the last time you did it?  How long ago was that?  Has anything changed since then?  We strongly recommend that you, at least, contact and interview a real estate agent. 

A strong real estate team has their finger on the pulse market.  They do this everyday, over and over again.  They have a team of professionals who they have developed and can trust.  Remember, in the typical transaction, the seller pays the agent.  When you weight the cost, with the potential gains, it just makes sense to put us on your team.

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