Agents who know 4 Buyers Real Estate know that our clients are well informed and are unlikely to withdraw from the transaction without cause. Since withdrawal rates are up, this matters.

Agents who know us, know that if our lender says there will be no problems, there will be no problems.

We have had lower-down payment buyers get accepted offers accepted. Our credibility and the credibility of our lenders helps that.

Transactions falling apart (not our clients!)

Buyers being pushed into fast offers are causing offers to fall apart a week later. We work to hear about this, so that you get a second chance at it. Because our reputation is that our buyers are well informed, we do well in these second-chance situations.

Pre-listed properties

When someone in our network goes to sell their property, they often come to us for a referral. They can be confident that we will refer them to agents who understand that they want good financial advice.

Some of these sellers will let us show their property before putting it on the market; some prefer to have an agent represent them. This is giving two gains to our clients:

  1. Access to unlisted properties.
  2. Enhanced relationships with listing agents who are getting listing referrals from us.

Why do we insist on inspections?

Because we are well known and well respected in the real estate community, other agents know that we are bringing well informed buyers. They know, in their hearts, that it is bad practice to forgo a home inspection. Some would rather work with a well informed buyer than one who is getting bad advice and may act irrationally later in the transaction. (See ‘transactions falling apart” above!)

Our opinion is that you should not buy a house without a home inspection, ever! More on the right to inspect

When there is a short showing time, we will take note of as many condition details as possible. Because we’ve seen so many houses, we know what to looks for in terms of more expensive items that this property might need.

In our local housing stock, the value of the property varies greatly, based on condition. In a more normal market, buyers have a chance to get a good look and a property and get a professional home inspection to find big repair items.

Pre-inspections are no guaranty of an accepted offer. When we do them, we stress to the agent that the buyers are now well-informed, so there is less risk of cold feet. Sometimes it is working, sometimes not. However, we have also been able to retain the right to inspect after the offer is accepted in the vast majority of accepted offers this year.