Experience is so absolutely crucial because what you have to understand is – and what most experienced buyers know – is that you make your money in real estate when you buy the home, not necessarily when you sell it. You’ve got to buy it correctly and that means buying it not only at the best price, but buying it in area that’s got good, solid appreciation.
Try to create your “perfect list” or your Santa Monica condos dream home list.” Of course this is governed by the financial part of it; we all have champagne tastes and maybe not that budget. But in addition to that list, you can sign up for a program online that will automatically send you property alerts so you can stay on top of the market. There are several places online that where you can fill in your criteria and save your search; then every day that a home hits the market that matches your criteria, in the area you are looking in and so forth, you will be notified.
So I think everybody should look for an experienced agent – and who also though, is not dependent upon that next transaction. As real estate people we live on commissions and sometimes when you haven’t had a closing in a while, the temptation is to only be interested in Santa Monica condos and homes.
You’ve got to make sure you find someone who’s got plenty of business in the pipeline so they are more interested in making sure that you’re happy and taken care of really well, than they are in just trying to sell a home. You don’t want an agent that is desperate to make a deal that you don’t want.
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Posted January 19, 2012 by Mats Elmstrom under Real Estate
