Buyer's Broker - San Mateo County

Homes & Real Estate in the San Mateo, California Area

The 3 most important words in real estate TODAY are:
Location - Location - Location
Exclusive - Buyers - Agent!

While any licensed real estate agent can be a 'buyers agent', an Exclusive Buyers Agent offers a higher level of service through their 100% commitment to home buyers.

You are about to make the largest purchase of your life. Which would you prefer: A 'part time' buyers agent, or an Exclusive Buyers Agent, 100% committed to serving and representing you, the home buyer?

An Exclusive Buyers Agent is a specialist in representing home buyers in all phases of the transaction. They work for an office that does not list homes for sale, so they never have anything to 'sell' you but their specialized knowledge and expertise in assisting home buyers.

Ask every Agent you talk to these questions:

• Will you show me all the homes on the market that meet my needs, including For Sale By Owner properties?
• Will you guarantee that any information I give you will be kept confidential?
• Will you guarantee me your undivided loyalty?
• Will you guarantee me you will not try to change your relationship with me to "dual agency", "designated agent", transactional agent", or any other form of agency that offers reduced levels of service and could possibly compromise my negotiating position?
• Will you guarantee me that you will not be representing any seller at any time while you are working for me?
• Will you point out all the negative aspects of each property as well as the positive aspects so I will be fully informed when making my decision?
• Do you have any agreements with Sellers that might limit your ability to tell me everything you know about the Seller and their reasons for selling?
• Will you provide information on comparable sales and help me formulate an offering price and negotiating strategy?
• Do you have a list of lenders, home inspectors, insurance agents and other professionals that you recommend?
• Do you, or the company you are with, ever list homes for sale? (If they say "yes", they are not an Exclusive Buyers Agent.)
• Specifically, how will you protect my interests, and why should I hire you rather than another agent?
• Will you act in a Fiduciary capacity and owe all Fiduciary Duties to me?
• Do you spend 100% of your time assisting Buyers?
• If you or your agency lists homes for sale, is your commission rate higher if you sell an "in house" listing?
• Can you guarantee me 100% loyalty 100% of the time?
• Will you put all of that in writing?

Homes and real estate in:

Santa Clara County:
Alviso, Castro Center, Cupertino, Holy City, Milpitas, Moffett Field, Moffett Field NAS, Monte Vista, Mount Hamilton, Mountain View, Onizuka AFB, Palo Alto, Permanente, Redwood Estates, Stanford, Sunnyvale

Alameda County:
Fremont, Newark, Union City.

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Tips For Home Buyers

Purchasing a Home? Some Things You Should NOT Do.

Don't make any major purchases such as a new car, expensive electronics or appliance, or anything else that you cannot pay cash for. The extra payments may prevent you from getting a loan.

Don't move money from one account or investment to another. One of the things a lender is concerned about is the source of funds for your down payment and closing costs. The lender will ask for statements for the last 3 months for all your bank and investment accounts and even your company 401K and retirement accounts.

Lenders like to see what is referred to as "seasoned money", that is, money that has been accumulating in an account over a period of months or years. If your bank account has a large deposit that was made less than 3 months ago they may think the money was a loan from a relative who is trying to help you qualify for a loan. Then you will have to prove where the funds came from which can be a time consuming process.

Please, leave your money where it is until you talk to a loan officer. And don't move a significant amount around without letting the lender know about it in advance.

Barbara Delantoni   DRE#   CalBRELic#   01073562
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