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What is a Realtor®

In this context, I use the term, Realtor as a synonym for real estate agent. In reality, it is not. A Realtor is a real estate agent who joins the National Association of Realtors. Only members of the NAR can use the designation, Realtor.

Back to the main question: Can you purchase a home without a real estate agent or a Realtor?

If you are searching for a one word answer, it is ABSOLUTELY!

Home buying is not rocket science. Even though some Realtors® make you feel you can't do without them. You cannot successfully buy homes with them because everything will fall apart in the end. Quite honestly, it does not take any special knowledge to do it successfully. Really.

But I am in the business of selling real estate. Why would I say this? I should pride myself with all the things I can do for my clients that they otherwise would not be able to have a good real estate experience. The truth is that people have and will continue to not use a Realtor® for whatever their own personal reasons are.

But if we (my family and I) were to re-do our first time home buying experience, we would definitely find a Realtor® who would guide us along the way. Someone with a heart of a teacher, someone who will teach us more than we can ever read from the Internet. And yes, there are still a few handful of Realtors® out there like that.

You just have to comb through alot of not-so-good ones to find a jewel. Like any professionals, a good Realtor® is worth his/ her value in gold. When you work with a high-octane, high-productivity Realtor, he/she will teach you more than about the home buying process than you could ever know. With the experiences a high-productivity Realtor® produce, he/she has perhaps seen more homes than you, done more real estate transactions than you would ever do in your lifetime. Thus, capitalize on his/ her services by utilizing his/ her expertise.

Don't just listen to me because I am a biased Realtor®. Go out and find you a jewel and you will be glad you did.

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