[quote=bearishgurl]I want to chime in here to drive home the neighborhood agent concept a little more and give credit where credit is due to longtime resident buyers shopping on their “home turf.”
UR and sdr volunteered to determine if drboom got a “good deal” in his transaction where he recieved a commission rebate from his buyer’s agent. (I’m using this for an example because drboom’s situation was discussed at length here.) They’ve got the statistics on their computer screens and printouts using certain maps out of a particular zip code (i.e. “Fletcher Hills”). Neither agent’s market or “farm” area is Fletcher Hills and they are located 23 and 43 miles away, respectively. I’m not saying here that these agents don’t know what they’re doing. They do, but crunching these “sterile” stats wouldn’t be the be all and end all for drboom.[/quote]
Applause.
I do in fact have an Aunt Sue, though not in the ‘hood, and I have lots of stories about where to uy and not buy. In my case, I knew a retired geologist who lived down the street. He liked to point out where not to buy a house in this neighborhood (and, generally, what to look out for), and I kept his advice in mind all these years.
