About 2 million first-time buyers successfully walk the path to home ownership every year in the United States. The most important thing you can do when buying a home is to choose the right real estate agent before you start looking.
Home buyers have choices of real estate representation .
The traditional agent works in a real estate office that takes listings and usually represents the seller, but would not hesitate to act as a dual agent and also represent a buyer of the same property. Other real estate agents may work in offices that take listings, but will only represent one client in any real estate transaction. A listing agent's job is to get the seller the highest price on the best terms. AN EBA's job is to get the buyer the lowest price on the best terms, and provide the true facts as to value, market, neighborhood conditions and obvious physical defects. A listing agent cannot tell you about many things that would be detrimental for the buyer because they work for the seller.