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checka
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How did you find your home?
Did you use a buyer's agent? Did you look for listings and call the selling agent? Do you have to work with a buyer's agent to get info on listings before they go out to the public?
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Posted 6/5/05 10:24 PM  |
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LMFitz
life is good
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Re: How did you find your home?
i surfed the internet and local listings and looked on my own, then contacted an agent to represent me.
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| Posted 6/6/05 9:32 AM |
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my3bugs
Mom of 2 Boys
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Re: How did you find your home?
open house
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| Posted 6/6/05 9:51 AM |
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CunningOne
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Re: How did you find your home?
Checked Newsday every Friday and went to open houses. We put in a bid at an open house and went from there.
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| Posted 6/6/05 11:34 AM |
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MrsMaz
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Re: How did you find your home?
We saw it in Harmon Homes magazine then we called the agent and set up an appointment to see it.
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| Posted 6/6/05 1:32 PM |
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jea128
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Re: How did you find your home?
we found it on the internet...
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| Posted 6/6/05 3:21 PM |
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MsMBV
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Re: How did you find your home?
Posted by checka
Did you use a buyer's agent?
Yes. We used a buyer's agent not only to find homes, but so that he could disclose information to us regarding the house that he would not have been able to had we not signed him on as a buyer broker. It actually made quite a difference, and I very much recommend signing a buyer broker for representation.
Did you look for listings and call the selling agent?
We tried it this way for many months, but found that we were always in a large bidding pool.
Do you have to work with a buyer's agent to get info on listings before they go out to the public?
I am not sure, but I do know that the last 4 houses he showed us (including the one that we are in contract with currently) were only on the market for a matter of days. He sent us his daily updates of MLS listings, and also helped us look through exclusives and for sale by owner availabilities.
We did have another agent before our buyer broker, but she was not nearly aggresive enough, and we placed 9 bids with her and were only offerd 2 chances to counter any other offers presented. Plus she was not allowed elgally to tell me if there was anything wrong with the deal, etc, b/c she was not signed as our broker, so she had to act in the interest of the seller.
Good Luck
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| Posted 6/6/05 3:31 PM |
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karacg
Babygirl is 4!
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Re: How did you find your home?
DH was living in it...... 
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| Posted 6/6/05 4:48 PM |
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Sassy2611
My Ray of sunshine
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Re: How did you find your home?
The house that we are in the process of trying to buy my DH found for us. He knew the lady through work.
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| Posted 6/6/05 5:57 PM |
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lvdolphins
My Loves!
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Re: How did you find your home?
My inlaws struck a "deal" with us. We will be moving back to DH's house.
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| Posted 6/6/05 6:25 PM |
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Diane
Hope is Contagious....catch it
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Re: How did you find your home?
Posted by karacg
DH was living in it......
same here
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| Posted 6/6/05 7:10 PM |
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DebG
Pick a cause & stand up for it
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Re: How did you find your home?
True Story...
Darren and I got into a terrible fight when we were doing the pre-marital wedding counseling thingy...he left me there and as he was driving away he saw this house for sale.
He went home, called me at the ministers house and then came back to show it to me.
Darren, myself, the minister and his wife then broke into the house to check it out (it was vacant)
Message edited 6/6/2005 8:57:23 PM.
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| Posted 6/6/05 8:55 PM |
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julz33
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Re: How did you find your home?
The ones we found "on our own" were all sold by the time we got to see them.
We worked with a real estate agent who sent us the listings the first day they were available, and we got in to see most of those houses within a day or 2. In our price range the houses weren't lasting more than a few days, so this was the way to get in soon enough.
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| Posted 6/6/05 8:56 PM |
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checka
She's here!
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Re: How did you find your home?
Posted by DebG
True Story...
Darren and I got into a terrible fight when we were doing the pre-marital wedding counseling thingy...he left me there and as he was driving away he saw this house for sale.
He went home, called me at the ministers house and then came back to show it to me.
Darren, myself, the minister and his wife then broke into the house to check it out (it was vacant)
That's a cute story
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| Posted 6/6/05 9:30 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: How did you find your home?
used an agent.
she went to a brokers open house...(before the house even went on the market)...she made the appt for us to come out and see it the very next morning...She knew it was exactly what we were looking for..... we put an offer on the spot. 
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| Posted 6/6/05 9:32 PM |
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HarleyGirlFLA
Come on in
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Re: How did you find your home?
we're using a builder. We looked at a lot of builders and the one we chose offered us more options and was willing to work with us a lot more then other builders. They treated us like future home owners and not just a number like other builders did. They did not lable or judge us when we walked into the model. Other builders saw a young couple and assumed we had nothing to put down or give towards the home. Our builder treated us like we were family from the moment we walked into the model till even now and we close in a few weeks. Through the whole process they have called us, sent us cards and updates. Our builder was so wonderful and really made the model feel like our own home.
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| Posted 6/6/05 9:54 PM |
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DebG
Pick a cause & stand up for it
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Re: How did you find your home?
Posted by checka
Posted by DebG
True Story...
Darren and I got into a terrible fight when we were doing the pre-marital wedding counseling thingy...he left me there and as he was driving away he saw this house for sale.
He went home, called me at the ministers house and then came back to show it to me.
Darren, myself, the minister and his wife then broke into the house to check it out (it was vacant)
That's a cute story
I think its so funny. It's one of those great stories that you want to share...but then again you don't want to share, ya know?
It makes me chuckle though.
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| Posted 6/6/05 10:11 PM |
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dooodles
When you wish upon a star
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Re: How did you find your home?
I love that a minister and his wife helped with "breaking and entering"
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| Posted 6/6/05 10:37 PM |
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DebG
Pick a cause & stand up for it
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Re: How did you find your home?
Posted by dooodles
I love that a minister and his wife helped with "breaking and entering"
The you will the next part of the story...the next month (march) he came out that he was gay! They had been together since they were 16 and have 4 kids together. By May (my wedding month) he had moved out with a lover...it was very interesting when they flew from FL to ny together, stayed in the hotel together.
Its all a very funny story.
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| Posted 6/7/05 9:39 PM |
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ThreeCats
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Re: How did you find your home?
My mom ran into an old friend from the neighborhood who was moving upstate. We got the house before it went on the market.
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