Oh Mr. Doe

Nothing like holding an open house to give you material to write about.

I was holding an open house yesterday when in walks Mr. Doe (name changed for the purpose of this blog). Mr Doe was at an open house I held a couple weeks ago! After joking around about how he drives around looking for open house signs, I asked him if he was working with an agent. Obviously he wouldn't be driving around wasting his gas and time looking for open houses if he was working with an agent.

What I learned from Mr. Doe was that some people don't know that a buyer's agent is a huge resource. Not only do they work for free from the buyer's stand point (they are paid by the seller), they also have access to open pretty much every door that is listed for sale and they have information available to them that is not available to the general public. If Mr. Doe was only looking at homes that held open houses he would be missing out on the other 80% or more of homes that never have open houses.

So my advice: If you or someone you know is looking to buy a house, use a real estate agent. They will be able to help you in every aspect of searching for a new home, and the best part is you don't pay them!

P.S. I am taking Mr. Doe out to look at homes this week!