2. Initial Consultation

Selecting a real estate agent to work with is one of the more important decision to make in the home buying process. The agents with the Arlington Condo Team will be able to assist you with all aspects of the process. Our agents can also suggest lenders, inspectors, settlement attorneys and other service personnel. Our agents will present and negotiate your offer to purchase a home to the seller. You don't usually pay for the real estate sales professional's services. Instead, the seller of the house typically pays -- most often through a commission based on the selling price of the home.

Why use an agent with the Arlington Condo Team?

Unlike most real estate agents that are generalists and try to be all things to all people, we are specialists. We know what we know and we know it very well. Agents on the Arlington Condo Team have to go through a comprehensive condo certification program. They are trained to know all the details of every condo development. We do this so we can serve you better. How can an agent advise you if he/she doesn't know what all your options are?

What is a Buyer's Agent?

Simply put, a Buyer's agent represents the buyer as opposed to the listing agent who represents the seller. A buyer's agent is obligated by law a duty of confidentiality to the buyer.

Today's buyers also have more choices when it comes to choosing the agent that can best represent them in a real estate transaction. Until recent years, virtually all real estate agents involved in a given transaction worked for the seller. However, a growing number of today's home buyers are choosing to be represented by a "buyer's agent." In contrast to traditional agents, a buyer's agent represents the buyer in the real estate transaction.

Tip: When you go to an open house, keep in mind the agent holding the open house represents the seller's interests. He or she is duty-bound to tell the seller that important fact. The seller's agent doesn't have any duty of confidentiality toward you. Honest treatment might require that the agent warn you that "I must convey to the seller anything that would be useful so don't tell me anything you wouldn't tell the seller."

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