How to Buy w/out a Realtor?

[drboom]

[quote=bearishgurl]
As a licensee going on three decades with nearly that amount of concurrent legal experience as well (much of it in the field of land use), I can tell you that there is NO substitute for contracting with a buyers agent who knows like the back of their hand the area you are seeking to purchase in, to help you locate and negotiate the purchase of an acceptable property. Better yet, they should possess a photographic memory of intersections of and major thoroughfares in their market area and be familiar with the nuances of all its subdivisions, no matter what their age. It’s also helpful if they are familiar with the original houseplans as they were built, longtime small businesses in the area and their owners, locations of the premium lots, exact school attendance boundaries, what lies over the ground, what lies under the ground (easements), which complexes were/are in litigation and what the outcome of it was, etc. . . and this is only inventory knowledge. If you are using an agent without inventory and market knowledge of the particular area you want to purchase in, you are doing yourself a HUGE disservice, as there are MANY agents who have lived and/or worked in that particular area all of their lives.
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All their lives? Good luck in San Diego: nearly everyone is a transplant. People start calling themselves natives around here as soon as they can manage to credibly pull off a “dude” or two in daily conversation.

Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.

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[quote=drboom]

Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

oooooohhhhhh BFD!

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[quote=drboom]

Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

oooooohhhhhh BFD!

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[quote=drboom]

Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

oooooohhhhhh BFD!

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[quote=drboom]

Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

oooooohhhhhh BFD!

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[quote=drboom]

Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

oooooohhhhhh BFD!

[bearishgurl]

[quote=drboom]Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

drboom, I don’t know where you’re from, but here, in Chula Vista, 91910, most of the residents have lived here all of their lives. Many, many homes here have been occupied by the same residents or their heirs for 40, 50 and even 60+ years. Another large group grew up in National City, Imperial Beach or Otay Mesa and now reside in Chula. This also applies to 91911 to a little lesser extent. Adjacent Bonita (inc & uninc) is also heavily occupied by residents who have lived there 30-40 years. Many long-time Bonita residents are originally from Chula 91910 and National City and so have lived in the area 40-70+ years. Many HS graduates of South County HS’s remained in the local area after HS or return here to live after college to raise their own families. This has been changing the last eight years or so, however, as more HS graduates have been leaving to attend college and not returning.

Of all my adult neighbors that I know, aged 30-90, every single one of them grew up in Chula Vista or moved here as a young adult after WWII.

I don’t have any facts to back this claim up, but I would venture that all the new housing tracts built within the last 20 years in recently annexed portions of Chula Vista (91913, 91914 and 91915) are primarily (85%) occupied by persons that grew up less than ten miles away.

I believe this is the case in some areas of East County as well. A couple of areas there come to mind.

When I referred above to agents having area knowledge, I meant an approx. 10 x 10 mile area or smaller, inhabited by one or more adjacent zip codes, NOT a general knowledge of San Diego.

I myself am not “native” but am from No. Cal. I have lived in SD County over 35 years, with 10 years in residence in metro San Diego (south of I-8) and 25+ years in residence in South County. I moved to SD as a young adult and retired from a local government. That’s enough time to know who’s who and what’s what.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=drboom]Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

drboom, I don’t know where you’re from, but here, in Chula Vista, 91910, most of the residents have lived here all of their lives. Many, many homes here have been occupied by the same residents or their heirs for 40, 50 and even 60+ years. Another large group grew up in National City, Imperial Beach or Otay Mesa and now reside in Chula. This also applies to 91911 to a little lesser extent. Adjacent Bonita (inc & uninc) is also heavily occupied by residents who have lived there 30-40 years. Many long-time Bonita residents are originally from Chula 91910 and National City and so have lived in the area 40-70+ years. Many HS graduates of South County HS’s remained in the local area after HS or return here to live after college to raise their own families. This has been changing the last eight years or so, however, as more HS graduates have been leaving to attend college and not returning.

Of all my adult neighbors that I know, aged 30-90, every single one of them grew up in Chula Vista or moved here as a young adult after WWII.

I don’t have any facts to back this claim up, but I would venture that all the new housing tracts built within the last 20 years in recently annexed portions of Chula Vista (91913, 91914 and 91915) are primarily (85%) occupied by persons that grew up less than ten miles away.

I believe this is the case in some areas of East County as well. A couple of areas there come to mind.

When I referred above to agents having area knowledge, I meant an approx. 10 x 10 mile area or smaller, inhabited by one or more adjacent zip codes, NOT a general knowledge of San Diego.

I myself am not “native” but am from No. Cal. I have lived in SD County over 35 years, with 10 years in residence in metro San Diego (south of I-8) and 25+ years in residence in South County. I moved to SD as a young adult and retired from a local government. That’s enough time to know who’s who and what’s what.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=drboom]Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

drboom, I don’t know where you’re from, but here, in Chula Vista, 91910, most of the residents have lived here all of their lives. Many, many homes here have been occupied by the same residents or their heirs for 40, 50 and even 60+ years. Another large group grew up in National City, Imperial Beach or Otay Mesa and now reside in Chula. This also applies to 91911 to a little lesser extent. Adjacent Bonita (inc & uninc) is also heavily occupied by residents who have lived there 30-40 years. Many long-time Bonita residents are originally from Chula 91910 and National City and so have lived in the area 40-70+ years. Many HS graduates of South County HS’s remained in the local area after HS or return here to live after college to raise their own families. This has been changing the last eight years or so, however, as more HS graduates have been leaving to attend college and not returning.

Of all my adult neighbors that I know, aged 30-90, every single one of them grew up in Chula Vista or moved here as a young adult after WWII.

I don’t have any facts to back this claim up, but I would venture that all the new housing tracts built within the last 20 years in recently annexed portions of Chula Vista (91913, 91914 and 91915) are primarily (85%) occupied by persons that grew up less than ten miles away.

I believe this is the case in some areas of East County as well. A couple of areas there come to mind.

When I referred above to agents having area knowledge, I meant an approx. 10 x 10 mile area or smaller, inhabited by one or more adjacent zip codes, NOT a general knowledge of San Diego.

I myself am not “native” but am from No. Cal. I have lived in SD County over 35 years, with 10 years in residence in metro San Diego (south of I-8) and 25+ years in residence in South County. I moved to SD as a young adult and retired from a local government. That’s enough time to know who’s who and what’s what.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=drboom]Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

drboom, I don’t know where you’re from, but here, in Chula Vista, 91910, most of the residents have lived here all of their lives. Many, many homes here have been occupied by the same residents or their heirs for 40, 50 and even 60+ years. Another large group grew up in National City, Imperial Beach or Otay Mesa and now reside in Chula. This also applies to 91911 to a little lesser extent. Adjacent Bonita (inc & uninc) is also heavily occupied by residents who have lived there 30-40 years. Many long-time Bonita residents are originally from Chula 91910 and National City and so have lived in the area 40-70+ years. Many HS graduates of South County HS’s remained in the local area after HS or return here to live after college to raise their own families. This has been changing the last eight years or so, however, as more HS graduates have been leaving to attend college and not returning.

Of all my adult neighbors that I know, aged 30-90, every single one of them grew up in Chula Vista or moved here as a young adult after WWII.

I don’t have any facts to back this claim up, but I would venture that all the new housing tracts built within the last 20 years in recently annexed portions of Chula Vista (91913, 91914 and 91915) are primarily (85%) occupied by persons that grew up less than ten miles away.

I believe this is the case in some areas of East County as well. A couple of areas there come to mind.

When I referred above to agents having area knowledge, I meant an approx. 10 x 10 mile area or smaller, inhabited by one or more adjacent zip codes, NOT a general knowledge of San Diego.

I myself am not “native” but am from No. Cal. I have lived in SD County over 35 years, with 10 years in residence in metro San Diego (south of I-8) and 25+ years in residence in South County. I moved to SD as a young adult and retired from a local government. That’s enough time to know who’s who and what’s what.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=drboom]Those few of us who really are natives know far more about the area than any agent.[/quote]

drboom, I don’t know where you’re from, but here, in Chula Vista, 91910, most of the residents have lived here all of their lives. Many, many homes here have been occupied by the same residents or their heirs for 40, 50 and even 60+ years. Another large group grew up in National City, Imperial Beach or Otay Mesa and now reside in Chula. This also applies to 91911 to a little lesser extent. Adjacent Bonita (inc & uninc) is also heavily occupied by residents who have lived there 30-40 years. Many long-time Bonita residents are originally from Chula 91910 and National City and so have lived in the area 40-70+ years. Many HS graduates of South County HS’s remained in the local area after HS or return here to live after college to raise their own families. This has been changing the last eight years or so, however, as more HS graduates have been leaving to attend college and not returning.

Of all my adult neighbors that I know, aged 30-90, every single one of them grew up in Chula Vista or moved here as a young adult after WWII.

I don’t have any facts to back this claim up, but I would venture that all the new housing tracts built within the last 20 years in recently annexed portions of Chula Vista (91913, 91914 and 91915) are primarily (85%) occupied by persons that grew up less than ten miles away.

I believe this is the case in some areas of East County as well. A couple of areas there come to mind.

When I referred above to agents having area knowledge, I meant an approx. 10 x 10 mile area or smaller, inhabited by one or more adjacent zip codes, NOT a general knowledge of San Diego.

I myself am not “native” but am from No. Cal. I have lived in SD County over 35 years, with 10 years in residence in metro San Diego (south of I-8) and 25+ years in residence in South County. I moved to SD as a young adult and retired from a local government. That’s enough time to know who’s who and what’s what.

[sdrealtor]

Matt,
If you want specifics I would be happy to share them with you. We can set up some time and you can pay for it on an hourly basis. I’ll tell you everything you want to hear. I’ll pull up hundreds of closed sales where the buyer was represented by the sellers agent and got royally screwed as a result. Until them you get what you get. I am not here to scare you, I am here to share valuable insight gleaned from years of experience. It is funny to hear agents ridiculed as idiots and crooks but then you want to put your hands into one who is looking out for someone else. Thats fine with me and I really dont care what you decide.

Like I said Matt, I think you should go for it. (BTW thats encouragement not a scare tactic.)

[sdrealtor]

Matt,
If you want specifics I would be happy to share them with you. We can set up some time and you can pay for it on an hourly basis. I’ll tell you everything you want to hear. I’ll pull up hundreds of closed sales where the buyer was represented by the sellers agent and got royally screwed as a result. Until them you get what you get. I am not here to scare you, I am here to share valuable insight gleaned from years of experience. It is funny to hear agents ridiculed as idiots and crooks but then you want to put your hands into one who is looking out for someone else. Thats fine with me and I really dont care what you decide.

Like I said Matt, I think you should go for it. (BTW thats encouragement not a scare tactic.)

[sdrealtor]

Matt,
If you want specifics I would be happy to share them with you. We can set up some time and you can pay for it on an hourly basis. I’ll tell you everything you want to hear. I’ll pull up hundreds of closed sales where the buyer was represented by the sellers agent and got royally screwed as a result. Until them you get what you get. I am not here to scare you, I am here to share valuable insight gleaned from years of experience. It is funny to hear agents ridiculed as idiots and crooks but then you want to put your hands into one who is looking out for someone else. Thats fine with me and I really dont care what you decide.

Like I said Matt, I think you should go for it. (BTW thats encouragement not a scare tactic.)

[sdrealtor]

Matt,
If you want specifics I would be happy to share them with you. We can set up some time and you can pay for it on an hourly basis. I’ll tell you everything you want to hear. I’ll pull up hundreds of closed sales where the buyer was represented by the sellers agent and got royally screwed as a result. Until them you get what you get. I am not here to scare you, I am here to share valuable insight gleaned from years of experience. It is funny to hear agents ridiculed as idiots and crooks but then you want to put your hands into one who is looking out for someone else. Thats fine with me and I really dont care what you decide.

Like I said Matt, I think you should go for it. (BTW thats encouragement not a scare tactic.)

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