TINA HADDOCK

REALTOR®

Your Hometown Real Estate Agent

Looking to buy? I have the information you need to have a great experience!

My goal is to guide you in the best direction but also educate you along the way!

Buyer’s Guide

Buying a Home

Purchasing a home is most likely the biggest financial decision you will ever make. Whether this is your first purchase or you are an experienced buyer, this decision must be made carefully. When you feel ready to begin the search contact me, Tina Haddock with REMI Realty. We are professionals, educated thoroughly on the housing market and trained to negotiate on your behalf from purchase offer, to agreement on terms, to closing.

How does a Buyers Agent save you time and money

Buying a home is a detailed process that requires knowledge and discipline to move through the steps effectively.

A buyer’s agent can sell you any home on the market or any home coming on the market. If you can buy it, a buyer agent can probably help you buy it far more efficiently and at a better price and terms. We take this a step further and if there are not any homes on the market that fit your needs, we will go knock on doors and find you one.

The steps of the home buying process

Prequalification or Preapproval

• Guide you to a loan officer that best meets your needs
• Help you obtain prequalification or preapproval

Home Search

• Organize and schedule (with sellers) the home tour (s)
• Help you see homes that are geared specifically towards your needs
• Provide ongoing updates and showings of newly available homes

Make an offer

• Help compare select homes to your final criteria list
• Tell you the price paid for comparable homes in recent history
• Advise on terms and issues related to the offer
• Fill out purchase offer contract

Negotiating to buy

• Present the offer to seller
• Negotiate on your behalf (with constant dialogue) using skills from experience
• Provide knowledge of each and every concession possible

Vendor selection and coordination

• Advise and supervise on vendor selection (lender, inspector, attorney, contractor)
• Reliable, proven vendors that perform
• Coordinate vendor service and progress towards close

Closing

• Perform a Final Walk Through
• Resolve last minute issues (move-in date changes etc.)
• Complete transaction

Post Closing

• Assist with any issues that arise after closing