Can I write my own contract? Yes, you can write your own contract. However, including all necessary elements is crucial to make it legally binding.
REALTORS® are negotiation experts. If you buy a home without an agent, you'll have to negotiate and decide how much to offer on your own. This may cause you to unknowingly overpay for your home – or lose out on one you want.
If you buy a home without an agent, you'll have to negotiate and decide how much to offer on your own. This may cause you to unknowingly overpay for your home – or lose out on one you want.
The Brokerage then pays out to both the realtor and the buyer's realtor. In that case, if there is no buyer's realtor, the entire commission goes to the seller's agent. Generally speaking, the seller's agent ends up doing a lot of work for the unrepresented buyer.
REALTORS® are negotiation experts. If you buy a home without an agent, you'll have to negotiate and decide how much to offer on your own. This may cause you to unknowingly overpay for your home – or lose out on one you want.
Just call the listing agent and tell her you want to put in an offer and you don't have a buyers agent. She will represent you and can likely give you very valuable feedback about what a ``competitive'' offer would be.
How do you make an offer on a house without an agent? To make an offer, get pre-approved first and submit your pre-approval letter along with your written offer. Decide how much to offer after researching recent comparable sales in the area.
You don't have to hire an agent to buy new construction, but you may want to consider doing so anyway. Look beyond the builder's preferred lender, and get quotes from three to five potential lenders before making your choice.
But long story short - yes, you can absolutely buy without a realtor, and I suggest you do.