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Buying a home is one of the largest investments that most people make
1) The seller has an agent - you need one too.
2) You want an agent who is looking out for your best interests, not the seller's.
3) You want to find the perfect property.
4) You need someone to do the due diligence.
5) You want to save time and money.
6) You want an expert negotiator working on your behalf.
7) You want honest, comprehensive, and timely information on the market.
8) You want to experience a smooth transaction.
9) You want an agency with a track record of success.
10) Our Buyers Agent services are paid by the seller 99.9% of the time.
You need a United Realty IL Agent Working For You!
1) The Seller Has an Agent.
When a homeowner lists their home for sale, they are hiring a selling agent to list the home for them, help them to price it correctly, market the home, and most importantly to help them get the best sale price they possibly can. In nearly every case, if you call the person who's name is on the yard sign or meet an agent at the open house, it's the sellers agent that you are talking to. They're job is to represent the seller's best interests, not yours, which is why it's important to have an agent of your own working for YOU when you're buying a house.
2) Representing Your Best Interests
When you work with a Buyer's Agent, their job is to represent you in much the same way that the seller's agent represents the seller. In addition to many other tasks, your agent's ultimate goal is to help you to get the best house for your needs and at the best price.
3) Find The Perfect Property
Are you spending a lot of time searching all the big real estate sites to find the right home? As agents we have access to all of the homes listed on the MLS, not just the ones advertised on the big sites. We can easily find homes in specific neighborhoods, with the features that you're looking for, and narrow down the search for you. Our agents not only work in our area, but live here too, so whether you're looking for a farm outside of Belivdere, a victorian in Freeport, a vacation home in Galena, or a craftman charmer in old Rockford, we have just the right agent to help you to find it.
4) Save Time and Money
In addition to saving you time by narrowing down the homes you'll need to look at before you find just the right one, your agent can help you to save money when you buy a home. We know what similar homes in the same area have recently sold for, and our job is to help you to determine not only which home is best, but what a fair offer price is.
5) Due Diligence
There are so many details that you need to be aware of when you purchase a home! Besides reviewing the property disclosures and working with you through the home inspection process, there are a lot of other imporant details to check into when you think a house might be the one for you. Whether it's checking the property lines in the county map or verifying that a home isn't in a flood zone, you want an agent who can look into the details before you purchase a house that might have issues that aren't apparent.
6) Expert Negotiators
Your United Realty IL Agent is just that - a Professional. We know how to negotiate through an offer process, whether it's in the sale price, requesting seller assistance for closing costs, or asking that the patio furniture be included. We work side by side with our buyers when the negotiations get tough to help our clients not only end up with the right house at the right price, and to make sure that the contract is one that will actually get to the closing table. We're not satisfied until we have a happy new homeowner with keys in hand.
7) Honest, Comprehensive, and Timely Market Information
Whether it's a buyers market or a sellers market, and whether prices are going up or going down, the Rockford area real estate market is constantly changing. Having an agent who shares with you all that you need to know about what's going on is crucial when you're buying a home.
8) Smooth Transactions
Finding the right home and getting an accepted offer is just the beginning. As a buyer, your agent will do everything they can do to get you through home inspections and negotiate repairs if they're needed, verify that the sellers and their agent have done their required inspections (water, sewer, and more), and will work with your lender. Our goal is to make sure that by the time everyone comes to the closing table you walk away with keys to your new home and without a lot of headaches.
9) Track Record of Success
These are just a few things that our clients have said about our agents...
"She is the best! Until I met her I was really disappointed in the Rockford agents who didn't take me seriously and never followed up. I just closed on my 3rd rental home this year and hope to keep going" ~Mary M.
"He always does everything he can to get the job done! " ~Daniel W.
"She was there from the start to finish – loved her as a person and all the services she did for us! I would for sure use her again." ~Judy C
"Yes! Her love of labor, her passion for what she does makes her an integral part of her performance and service to her clients! " ~Lupe J.
10) Fees are Paid By the Sellers
When you hire a United Realty IL agents to represent you as a home buyer, in nearly every case our fees are paid for by the seller. When the seller lists their home for sale with their agent, part of the contract that thay sign includes what percent commission they will be paying, as well as what percentage will be paid to the agent and brokerage who represent a buyer. This means that you get the all of the services and representation of an top-notch professional agent working with you, but you don't pay us - the home seller does.
*There are a few odd cases where we are paid by the buyer (like if you purchase a for-sale-by-owner home and the home owner isn't willing to pay our commission) but those instances are very rare.
Must Have Home Buying Calculators
If you are looking for real estate related calculators, you've found the right place. Our calculators are easy to use and provide easy to understand detailed answers. Results are presented in tables, graphs or in a narrative format depending on the calculator chosen.
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