One More Thing About Buyer Agents -- Savannah Ga Homes

The real estate industry is changing quickly. Online venues are proliferating and changing the way real estate is bought and sold. Go on Realtor.com, Zillow, Trulia or any online player and you will find oodles (one is even named Oodle) of listings, and on some of these sites you will find local information. Why do you need an agent?

There are several reasons you need an agent, but the main reason is for accuracy of information. Many buyers are moving from Florida to Mississippi, or Michigan to North Carolina, or Rhode Island to Arizona and they are starting their search online. They see pictures of houses and have no context within which to place these pictures. The house could be in a beautiful suburb where joy berries grow on trees and happiness blooms year round or the house could be on the edge of a dump next to a greasy spoon cafe and a used car lot. Also, there is the matter of information on these sites.

Some sites give estimates of values and there is no way a national site can give accurate information regarding local homes subject to local nuances. The comparables these sites use to estimate value are most times not comparables at all. You will find single family homes that need a lot work compared to a newly built townhome, or you will see a 1000 square foot bungalow compared to a Victorian home that is a shell and needs complete renovation.

A buyer, especially from out of town, needs good, reliable information and the best way to get that information is by relying on a local real estate professional who is in the business of constantly collecting information and staying on top of the local trends and changes -- someone who has actually seen a house being advertised by a site operating from a city 1000 miles away.

We live in the information age, but information needs to be useful, not misleading and confusing. The new agent, the buyer agent, should be expert at gathering and analyzing information. This is critical when doing an out-of-state search for homes. Do yourself a favor and relieve hours and hours of stress and fruitless searching -- use a buyer agent.