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Secrets to Getting the Best Agent
(How to get your agent to work harder for you)

By , USA

Get Organized
Take Good Notes, Get Copies, and Set Up a System to Keep You Organized

Some real estate agents understand that you may feel overwhelmed with the amount of data you have to review as part of your home purchase and will make suggestions to help you.

Many provide folders, notebooks, reports, fact sheets, comparison charts, etc. to help you.Taking good notes or photographs can help jog your memory when you start to deal with data overload.

Your agent may want to provide a quickie one-liner type report to give you the overview of what's on the market and, based, on your profile, print up the whole story on the houses that match.

If you are just starting and need to learn about pricing, house styles, and old Vs, new homes,etc.Don't be afraid to tell the agent that you have changed your mind about the criteria for your home search.They are used to buyers changing their minds based on prices and, believe it or not, the compromises that couples make when they have vastly different preferences at the outset.

Good agents will use your profile to select some sample homes to show you right away and they will really listen to what you like and don't like when you see them on your first outing.