Hiring a Realtor
Whether you are buying a new home or a resale property in North Raleigh or anywhere in the Triangle, you should seriously consider hiring a Realtor. As a real estate team, we have years of experience representing buyers (and sellers) in North Raleigh, Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Wake Forest, Orange County and Durham. Although we specialize in North Raleigh our professional experience as Realtors can help you buy a home anywhere in the Triangle. There are many reasons to hire a professional Realtor with experience in the area in which you want to buy a home:
- Once you have developed a "wish list" for your new home, hire a Realtor to find it for you. It will take you months to search through the newspaper and other publications on your own. In the meantime, you may miss your dream home. Most sellers work with Realtors, and therefore have their homes listed in the Triangle MLS an electronic database of all homes listed for sale in the Triangle area. We can quickly identify many homes that fit your criteria and arrange for you to view and inspect these homes. We will attend these showings with you and help discover any potential problems and/or assets of a home.
- In addition to identifying prospective homes for you, we can help educate you on the area. We have knowledge about the schools, parks and recreation facilities and programs, local shopping, transportation issues and future development. We can also provide you with information on the prices of comparable homes in surrounding neighborhoods.
- Buying a home involves many other professionals besides a Realtor. As a buyer you will most likely need the services of an attorney, appraiser, home inspector, pest inspector, mortgage company, insurance company, and possibly other professionals such as general contractors or engineers. With our experience in selling real estate we can provide you with several alternatives and recommend professionals in these areas.
- Perhaps the single most important service that we can provide you as your Realtor is presenting the offer to purchase to the seller. Most buyers should never make an offer to the seller directly. Unless you have specific training and experience in this type of contract negotiations, let a professional handle this for you. The offer to purchase is the beginning of the protracted, detailed negotiation of a legal contract that will set the stage for the terms and conditions under which you will purchase your new home. It is crucial that a professional that knows how this works and is negotiating on your behalf represents you.