Why You Should Not Agent Hop?

The home buying process will be much smoother if you interview and hire an agent you trust to represent you and guide you from the start of your home search, rather than doing what I call “agent hopping”. Agent hopping is when you work with multiple agents at once, whether it is intentional or not.

Here are few ways that you can make sure you aren’t agent hopping:

  1. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต.
    Make sure you interview multiple agents and pick one you trust and get along with to represent you.
  2. ๐——๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜†.
    If you see a home you like, but your agent is not available, ask if they have a coworker or assistant who can help them show you the home, or if there is an open house you can attend.
  3. ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.
    Your agent can get you information on ANY home, even if it is listed For Sale by Owner! The listing agent represents the seller, and you want to make sure you have someone looking out for your best interests as well.

If you happen to be looking at houses online and come across a home that you may not have seen in your home search that your realtor set up for you, ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. Ask them to find out more about the home, or if it’s still available! Sometimes our clients end up finding homes that they love ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ of the search criteria that we have set up for them. This may be due to location, or that the home doesn’t have one of their “must-have” features, but they are willing to compromise.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜! We are here to help you every step of the way, so don’t hesitate to reach out if you see a home you like or have any questions!

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