Buying a home, especially your first home, is one of the most exciting and accomplished feelings you’ll ever have. It’s something we all strive to achieve, and when done correctly, it'll be a beautiful memory. To ensure it all goes how YOU want it to go, this is where a Professional Buyer’s Agent comes into play. At the core of a Buyer’s Agent’s responsibility is to protect your 3% deposit (about $30k-$60k for typical home prices), all other terms and conditions are based on keeping it or losing it should you decide to not complete the purchase or you’re not able to. The Bay Area, and especially Silicon Valley, sells homes differently than the rest of the country. Here, nearly all of the work is front-loaded before your offer is even submitted, which allows us to proceed fairly straightforward through the escrow process to closing. While escrow may be easier, it exponentially increases the work before the offer to ensure you know exactly what you're getting yourself into, especially if making a competitive offer.
While it’s true that any Real Estate Agent can act as a Buyer’s Agent, the focus of nearly the entire industry is on Sellers, which is a very different skill-set, and can lead to a very underwhelming experience for homebuyers. To my knowledge, I’m the only truly Buyer-Centric agent in the South Bay and have set up my entire business with homebuyers in mind.
