|  What
To Look For In A Realtor:
- Knowledge
about the community
- Experience
- Patience
- Full
access to the area’s multiple listing service, giving
you access to all listings, not just those listed
by your Realtor’s company
- Ability
to understand your wants, needs and personal tastes
- Honesty
and trustworthiness
- Willingness
to keep you informed of market changes without trying
to push you into buying before you are ready
Why
A Dauphin Realty Professional?
- Provides
information about taxes, school districts and amenities
in the area that interest you
- Experienced
in showing homes that meet your requirements for size,
location and price
- Schedules
appointments at your convenience
- Ability
to provide current selling prices for homes similar
to the ones you are considering prior to writing an
offer to purchase
- Handling
negotiations over price and terms of your offer to
purchase
- Coordinates
all necessary inspections
- Monitors
closing procedure
- Home
Search Information
Click
here to look up Real Estate Terms
Property
Inspections You
can include a provision in the sales contract that
gives you the right to inspect the mechanical, electrical,
plumbing and structural portions of the property. There
are inspection companies that provide services of this
type. You can accompany the inspector to ask questions
and receive a written report itemizing any areas of
concern.
When
it comes time for an inspection, we have a current list
of local inspection companies.
MAKING
AN OFFER
 Once
you find the house that you want, your next step
is
to decide what to include in the offer of purchase
agreement. Your Realtor will help you determine
what to say and say it for you.
Before
Making an Offer
- Get
recent selling prices of similar homes in the area.
- Be
careful not to let you feelings rule. Remember, if
the offer is turned
down,
there are (usually) other homes to your liking.
- Check
out the neighborhood and speak to neighbors.
- Consider
the home’s resale value.
- Take
time to think about the price and other items to be
covered in the offer.
The offer to purchase is a legal contract that
covers many items such as the purchase price, total
down payment,
and closing date. The offer also states which party
will pay for which settlement costs, the type of loan
you are applying for, and the interest rate.
Mutual
Agreement 
If
I will:
- · Make
my best effort to find the home to meet your needs,
- · Commit
my time, car , computer, and experience to find
exactly what you want,
- · Incur
all my car, phone, and administrative expenses,
- · Continue
the home search until you either find a home or
tell me to stop looking,
Will
you:
- · Let
me know if your plans change?
- · Tell
me if you want to look at a home listed with another
broker, builder, or for sale by owner?
- · Tell
me what you like and dislike about the homes we
look at?
- · Tell
me if you feel the need to talk to another agent?
- · Work
with me until we find you the right home?
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