http://www.spencerbarron.com/2006/11/money-magazine-bad-advice-for-buyers/ Rants, Raves & Real Estate Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.spencerbarron.com/2006/11/money-magazine-bad-advice-for-buyers/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Kelley Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:31:55 +0000 http://www.spencerbarron.com/archives/9#comment-3 I agree that this was bad advice to buyers. On a side note: I don't know about other markets, but I have found that Zillow and Trulia are useless in Marin County and Sonoma Valley (Northern California). There is a service here, however, (CleanOffer) that agents can provide to their clients, at no cost to the client, where they can search our MLS, real-time, including new listings, price reductions, when a property gets an offer, if it falls out of escrow and when it closes and what it closes for. This way, our clients can be accurately informed every step of the way. It is worth noting that a good agent should be providing this information to their client anyway, and helping them decipher what the information means to them. Whether you are buying or selling, this information is going to be important. I agree that this was bad advice to buyers. On a side note: I don’t know about other markets, but I have found that Zillow and Trulia are useless in Marin County and Sonoma Valley (Northern California). There is a service here, however, (CleanOffer) that agents can provide to their clients, at no cost to the client, where they can search our MLS, real-time, including new listings, price reductions, when a property gets an offer, if it falls out of escrow and when it closes and what it closes for. This way, our clients can be accurately informed every step of the way. It is worth noting that a good agent should be providing this information to their client anyway, and helping them decipher what the information means to them. Whether you are buying or selling, this information is going to be important.

]]> http://www.spencerbarron.com/2006/11/money-magazine-bad-advice-for-buyers/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Money Magazine - Buyer’s agents co-ops and how to get a better deal buying a home. | Rants, Raves and Real Estate Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:50:01 +0000 http://www.spencerbarron.com/archives/9#comment-2 [...] Money Magazine - Bad Advice for buyers [...] [...] Money Magazine – Bad Advice for buyers [...]

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