Buyers can have real estate agreements drawn up by a real estate attorney or agent. A title company or Realtor can help the buyer find someone to write a contract if necessary.
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.
You can do your own comps as well. Skip zillow for a moment. Go to Reatlor(or it might be , not sure) and search for local comparable properties. This part of the Realtors job is not rocket science, and the information is available to the public, you just need to know where to look for it.
Yes you can. In fact your realtor would like appreciate your proactive approach. If you see a house you like, then you can ask your realtor to write up an offer on it.
You can definitely make an offer on the house without a real estate agent, especially if you have found the property on your own. Your planning list is also pretty solid!
Legal Counsel and Contract Review Some states even require parties to use an attorney. During real estate transactions, lawyers can draft and complete contracts, write amendments to standard contracts, complete title searches, and conduct closings.
Writing your own contracts is perfectly possible, and legal. But it's also an incredibly bad idea. There's two reasons for this: Property law is complicated. Because it's such a fundamental part of legislation, it's often lots and lots of different laws layered on top of each other.