The Premier Exclusive Buyer Agency Serving the Upstate NY Real Estate Market
MONEY MAGAZINE:"Unlike the traditional agent who looks out for a seller, a buyer broker acts as your advocate, helping you find the home you want and then negotiates the lowest possible price. Confide to a traditional real estate broker that you are prepared to bid as much as $150,000 on a house, and the broker will tip off the seller. Tell a buyer broker, and the seller will never know. The best buyer's brokers are called exclusive agents - that is, they represent only buyers, never sellers."
COMPARE Services & Duties
The Seller’s Realtor
EXCLUSIVE Buyer Agent
Arranges property showings
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Assists with financing
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Provides accurate information
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Monitors closings
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Represents the Buyer - exclusively
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Prepares a property value study and suggests an offering price
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Keeps your financial information and bargaining strategy confidential
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Helps negotiate the best price and terms for the Buyer, not the Seller
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Discloses all material information about the Sellers and the property
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Advises the Buyer even if it means pointing out reasons NOT to buy
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Takes no listings of homes and can guarantee 100% LOYALTY to the Buyer
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Why Use An Exclusive Buyer Agent/Realtor?
Only an Exclusive Buyer Agent/Realtor (often called an Exclusive Buyer Broker) can GUARANTEE to represent you in your home purchase.
Only an EBA can GUARANTEE to negotiate on your behalf.
An EBA provides the true facts as to value, market/neighborhood conditions, and obvious physical defects.
The high level of negotiation training and expertise of an EBA truly levels the playing field when it is time to make an offer on a property.
Because an EBA only represents buyers and does not have in-house or company listings, a seller is always unaware of the price buyers are willing to spend during the negotiation process, bringing the advantage back to the buyer and the buyer's wallet. For this reason alone, it is very common to save thousands of dollars during the critical negotiation process.
An EBA will insist that the buyer utilize a qualified home inspector who will represent the BUYER, not the SELLER, as their client, and not as a customer.
Listing agents (the ones with a sign in the front yard) and the company that they work for represent the SELLER, not the buyer. Their job is to get the SELLER the highest price on the best terms.
An EBA's job is to get the BUYER the lowest price on the best terms.
EBAs will do a better job for transferees than anyone else. They will give you the facts, good and bad.
A listing agent cannot tell the buyer about problems with the property because they work for the SELLER. The Buyer Agent can and will do that for you.
An EBA will help you with your financing alternatives. They may advise you to be pre-approved by a lender. Why? Because a fully approved loan makes you a cash buyer, and this is attractive to a seller.
EBAs have a legal and ethical obligation to put your interests first!
