The Unofficial Guide to Buying a Home
Chapter One
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The pleasures of surfing the Internet *
Getting the information you need * What you
can and can't say on e-mail * Avoiding
irrelevant information
Home Shopping on
the Internet
In chapters 8 and 9 we look at what real estate
agents do for a living, how they conduct their
business, and how they shouldn't conduct their
business. More specifically, we explore how buyer
brokerage gives you unprecedented power and influence
in the home-buying process, and how you can
use this to your best advantage when you're buying a
home. When you look for a home with your agent,
you should expect her to demonstrate loyalty to your
financial interests and sensitivity to your needs.
If this were a book on the home-selling industry,
however, we would talk about real estate agents in a
very different way. Another dimension to agency is
marketing homes effectively so that other agents will ... read full excerpt from The Unofficial Guide TM to Buying a Home ebook
